The Compact History of the United States Air Force
New York: Hawthorn Books, [1963]. First Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 339, illus., index, DJ somewhat soiled and some edge wear, edges soiled. More
New York: Hawthorn Books, [1963]. First Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 339, illus., index, DJ somewhat soiled and some edge wear, edges soiled. More
New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc., 1963. First Edition. 339, illus., bibliography, index, lib stamps, large rough spot ins rear flyleaf (library pocket removed) tape stains ins flyleaves. More
Washington DC: Brassey's, 2000. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. The format is approximately 8.75 inches by 11.25 inches. xi, [1], 145, [9] pages. Illustrations. Maps, Chronology. Selected Bibliography. Index. DJ has minor wear and soiling. Rear end paper has a corner creased. Donald M. Goldstein is a retired United States Air Force officer, professor emeritus of public and international affairs at the University of Pittsburgh, where he taught for thirty-five years, a winner of two Peabody Awards, and author of many books. He has also taught at the Air Force Academy, the Air War College, the Air Command and Staff College, the University of Tampa, and Troy State University. He is considered the leading authority on the Pearl Harbor attack. Harry J. Maihafer graduated from the US Military Academy at West Point in 1949. As a platoon leader in the Korean War, Mr. Maihafer earned the Silver Star for bravery and the Purple Heart. He received his M.A. degree in Journalism from the University of Missouri in 1966. He retired from the Army in 1969. He later authored six books on military history. More
New York: Vantage Press, 1994. First Edition. First Printing. 51. More
Quantico, VA: Marine Corps Museum, 1973. 99, wraps, chronology, sources and references, separate picture of Brig. Gen. Brown included, slight wear & soiling to covers. More
New York: Times Books, 1982. 690, illus., notes and sources, index, DJ somewhat soiled and small tears. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1955. First Edition. 351, illus., maps, references, index, small tears/chips to DJ edges, larger tear at DJ spine. More
Melbourne: F. W. Cheshire, 1957. First? Edition. Firs? Printing. 25 cm, 366, maps, endpaper maps, footnotes, index, some wear and soiling to DJ, pencil erasure on front endpaper, edges soiled. More
n.p. National Guard Bureau, c. 1995? Quarto, 59, wraps, profusely illus. (many in color), lower corner front cover and some pages bent. More
Place_Pub: Washington, DC: GPO, 1995. First? Edition. First? Printing. 234, illus., glossary, bibliography, index, DJ somewhat worn/soiled: edge tears/chips. More
Washington, DC: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1995. Presumed first edition/first printing. Hardcover. xvii, 234 p. Illustrations. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. More
Place_Pub: Washington, DC: GPO, 1985. 251, illus., appendices, notes, glossary, bibliography, index, scratch on front board. More
Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History, 1985. First? Edition. First? Printing. 251, illus., notes, glossary, bibliography, index. More
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, [1964]. First Edition. First? Printing. 23 cm, 356, index, usual library markings. More
Cleveland, OH: The World Publishing Company, 1952. Reprint of 1945 edition? Hardcover. 26 cm, 208 pages. Illustrations. Numerous full-page, double-page & textual illustrations in brown & white by the author. DJ somewhat worn and soiled: minor edge tears/chips. A narrative and pictorial document of Korea and the Far East during the Korean War, written and illustrated by artist-correspondent John Groth. John August Groth. Born Chicago, IL 1908-died New York City 1988. Groth was educated at Chicago's Art Institute & Art Students League; as well as with T. Geller, A. Blanch, and Grosz. Artist-correspondent and first art director of Esquire Magazine (1933-1937) and Parade Publications (1941 - 1944). He vividly captured the combat of five wars, including Vietnam, in his illustrations. He was both fascinated and repelled by war. As a correspondent for The Chicago Sun, he went to Europe during World War II, covering the liberation of Paris after riding on the first jeep to enter the city. He was a frequent contributor to Vogue, Esquire, and Collier's. Groth was widely exhibited at F.A.R. Gallery in New York City; Dayton Art Institute; the National Academy of Design; the Whitney Museum of American Art; the Corcoran and the 1939 Worlds Fair in New York. More
Cleveland, OH: The World Publishing Company, 1952. First Edition. First? Printing. 26 cm, 208, illus., DJ worn and stained: several tears and edge tears/chips. Inscribed by the author/illustrator. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1970. Revised Edition. 252, maps, notes, index, boards somewhat scuffed. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1970. Revised Edition. 252, maps, notes, index, top corner front flyleaf cut off, boards somewhat scuffed, spine faded. More
Washington, DC: Combat Forces Press, 1954. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xi, [1], 260 pages. Maps. Notes. Legend to Symbols on Maps. Index. Foreword by Major General Orlando Ward. Name in ink inside front cover. DJ worn, soiled, torn and chipped. Published in 1954, the year following the close of the Korean War, this book describes combat actions of small Army units, squads and platoons, companies and batteries. This book is a collection of accounts describing the combat action of small Army units-squads and platoons, companies and batteries. These are the units that engage in combat, suffer the casualties, and make up the fighting strength of the battalions, regiments, divisions, corps, and finally, of the field army. Combat is a very personal business to members of such a small unit. Concerned with the fearful and consuming tasks of fighting and living, these men cannot think of war in terms of the Big Picture as it is represented on the situation maps at corps or army headquarters. Squad or platoon members know only what they can see and hear. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1951. First Edition. 240, index, pencil notes & underlining on a few pgs, pgs somewhat darkened, ink initials & date inside rear flyleaf & board. More
Washington DC: Air Force History and Museums Program, 1998. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. xiv, 665, [1] pages. Illustrations. Maps. Charts. Tables. Contributors. Index. Cover has some curving, wear and soiling. Minor damp staining at bottom edge for a few pages at the front. This volume is the third in a series of historical case studies of important air power missions and it addresses the most controversial (and arguably most significant) air power mission of all--strategic bombardment. From "Boom" Trenchard and "Billy" Mitchell to John Warden and Charles Horner, the vision of air power prophets and airmen is tested against the reality of bureaucratic inertia, aircraft capability, technological advances, and bombing accuracy. In each era a practitioner of the art appears, such as Harris, Spaatz, LeMay, or Horner, who in some measure modifies prevailing doctrine and stretches the paradigm of his time and circumstances to achieve extraordinary results. More
New York: Harper & Row, 1967. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. xiv, 434 pages. Footnotes. Publications Cited. Index. Some soiling to fore-edge, some wear to top and bottom edges of DJ, rear DJ soiled. Louis Joseph Halle Jr. (17 November 1910, New York City – 13 August 1998, Geneva, Switzerland) was an American naturalist, author, U.S. State Department official, and professor of international studies in Geneva. Halle received his bachelor's degree from Harvard University in 1932. As a young man, he worked for a railway company in Central America and later with a publishing house in New York. For a year, he did graduate study in anthropology at Harvard, then explored boundary rivers between Guatemala and Mexico by mule and dugout canoe. He served in the US Army before World War II and in the Coast Guard during World War II. He was a Latin American specialist employed by the US State Department Policy Planning Staff from the mid 1940s to 1954. From 1954 to 1956 at the University of Virginia, he was a researcher on American foreign policy. He became in 1956 a professor at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva. He retired there as professor emeritus in 1973 but remained in Geneva. He was the author of 22 books. More
New York: Harper & Row, 1967. First U.S. Edition [stated. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. xiv, 434 pages. Footnotes. Publications Cited. Index. Ink name on front flyleaf [Erik Rasmussen--perhaps the noted Congressional staff member who formerly worked for Cong. Lee Hamilton]. Some ink marks to margins and text noted. DJ is in a plastic sleeve. Examines the immensity of the Cold War and the limitations and strengths of the world leaders involved, and includes commentary on the political changes that have ended the Cold War. Louis Joseph Halle Jr. (17 November 1910, New York City – 13 August 1998, Geneva, Switzerland) was an American naturalist, author, U.S. State Department official, and professor of international studies in Geneva. Halle received his bachelor's degree from Harvard University in 1932. As a young man, he worked for a railway company in Central America and later with a publishing house in New York. For a year, he did graduate study in anthropology at Harvard, then explored boundary rivers between Guatemala and Mexico by mule and dugout canoe. He served in the US Army before World War II and in the Coast Guard during World War II. He was a Latin American specialist employed by the US State Department Policy Planning Staff from the mid 1940s to 1954. From 1954 to 1956 at the University of Virginia, he was a researcher on American foreign policy. He became in 1956 a professor at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva. He retired there as professor emeritus in 1973 but remained in Geneva. He was the author of 22 books. More
Washington DC: Air Force History and Museums Program, 2006. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade Paperback. vii, [1], 131, [1] pages. Notes, Glossary, and Index. Cover has some wear. These are the Proceedings of a symposium on the Korean War held at the U.S. Congress on June 7, 2000. Includes Foreword, and About the Editor. Also contains Glossary and Index. Chapters on Korea: The Forgotten (Air) war; My Memories of the Korean war; Learning from the Korean war; The Air Force, Korea, and Kosovo; Past as Prologue; Air Dominance: The Essential Achievement; Air Pressure: Air-to-Ground Operations in Korea; From Korea to Kosovo: Learning from the Past for the Crises of the Future; Closing Remarks by Dr. Richard P. Hallion. . This work is dedicated with affection and respect to the airmen of the United States Air Force who flew and fought in the Korean War. They flew on silver wings, but their valor was golden and remains ever bright, ever fresh. Among the contributors were: Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell and Daniel Goure. Richard P. Hallion is Senior Adviser for Air and Space Issues, Directorate for Security, Counterintelligence and Special Programs Oversight, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. He is responsible for analysis and insight regarding the conceptualization, evolution and utilization of sensitive national technological programs and related subject areas. He has experience in science and technology museum development, research and management analysis, and has served as a consultant. Hallion is the author and editor of various books relating to aerospace technology and military operations, as well as articles and essays for a variety of professional journals. More
New York: F. A. Praeger, [1965]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 191, index, pencil erasure on front endpaper, boards somewhat worn and soiled, damp stains at bottom edge and bottom of endpages. More