The Chairmanship of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Washington, DC: GPO, 1995. 28 cm, 221, illus. (some in color), appendices, notes, slight soiling to boards. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1995. 28 cm, 221, illus. (some in color), appendices, notes, slight soiling to boards. More
Washington, DC: American Enterprise Inst. c1978. 22 cm, 42, wraps. Contributors include Maxwell D. Taylor, John Culver, and Curtis Tarr. More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1961. First Edition. 237, index, tape stains on DJ flaps, ins bds, & ins flylfs, DJ scuffed, small pieces missing at DJ spine. More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1961. First Edition. 237, index, some wear to board and spine edges. More
Washington, DC: Department of Defense, 1997. First Thus? Printing. Approx. 125, wraps, illus., covers somewhat worn and soiled, cover creased at corner. More
McLean, VA: The MITRE Corporation, 2006. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. Quarto, 94, wraps, illus. (some in color), diagrams, glossary, appendix. This is a JASON study, approved for public release, distribution unlimited. Among the contributors was Freeman Dyson.Dr. Paul Dimotakis is the John K. Northrop Professor of Aeronautics and Professor of Applied Physics at Caltech. He earned his Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Caltech. As a member of the Caltech faculty he advanced from Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor, before being awarded the John K Northrop Chair. He and his co-workers have developed experimental facilities and laser diagnostics, and advances in signal processing, high-speed digital temporal- and image-data acquisition techniques, high-speed CCD imager design, and image-data processing. His research has included hydrodynamic stability, gasdynamic simulations, image-correlation techniques, aerooptics effects, and adaptive optics. More
New York: I. Washburn, [1965]. 21 cm, 210, index, some soiling and wear to DJ, edges soiled. More
Boston, MA: Harvard Business School, 1988. First Printing. 348, charts, chapter notes, appendix, index, DJ somewhat soiled: small tears, creases, small pieces missing. More
Boston, MA: Harvard Business School, 1988. First Printing. 348, charts, chapter notes, appendix, index, DJ somewhat soiled: small tears, creases, & chips. More
Maxwell Air Force Base, AL: Air University Press, 1989. Reprint Edition. Wraps. 25 cm, 789 pages, volume 2 only, wraps, tables, notes, index, covers somewhat worn, scuffed, & creased, lower corner of a few pages bent. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1969. First? Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 69, rear flyleaf missing, several library markings. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2014. Third printing [stated]. Hardcover. x, 618, [8] pages. Illustrations (color). Index. Inscribed on the title page. Some sharpie ink on dedication page from t-p inscription. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Minor pencil erasure residue on fep. Robert Michael "Bob" Gates (born September 25, 1943) is an American statesman, scholar, and university president who served as the 22nd United States Secretary of Defense from 2006 to 2011. Gates initially began his career serving as an officer in the United States Air Force but was quickly recruited by the CIA. Gates served for 26 years in the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Council, and was Director of Central Intelligence under President George H. W. Bush. After leaving the CIA, Gates became president of Texas A&M University and was a member of several corporate boards. Gates served as a member of the Iraq Study Group, the bipartisan commission co-chaired by James A. Baker III and Lee H. Hamilton, that studied the lessons of the Iraq War. Gates was nominated by Republican President George W. Bush as Secretary of Defense after the 2006 election, replacing Donald Rumsfeld. He was confirmed with bipartisan support. In 2008, Gates was named one of America's Best Leaders by U.S. News & World Report. He continued to serve as Secretary of Defense in President Barack Obama's administration. He retired in 2011. Gates was presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom, by President Obama. According to a Washington Post book review, he is "widely considered the best defense secretary of the post-World War II era" More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2014. Second printing [stated]. Hardcover. x, 618, [8] pages. Illustrations (color). Index. Front flyleaf roughly removed (presumably the page had been signed or inscribed). DJ has slight wear and soiling. Minor pencil erasure residue on fep. Robert Michael "Bob" Gates (born September 25, 1943) is an American statesman, scholar, and university president who served as the 22nd United States Secretary of Defense from 2006 to 2011. Gates initially began his career serving as an officer in the United States Air Force but was quickly recruited by the CIA. Gates served for 26 years in the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Council, and was Director of Central Intelligence under President George H. W. Bush. After leaving the CIA, Gates became president of Texas A&M University and was a member of several corporate boards. Gates served as a member of the Iraq Study Group, the bipartisan commission co-chaired by James A. Baker III and Lee H. Hamilton, that studied the lessons of the Iraq War. Gates was nominated by Republican President George W. Bush as Secretary of Defense after the 2006 election, replacing Donald Rumsfeld. He was confirmed with bipartisan support. In 2008, Gates was named one of America's Best Leaders by U.S. News & World Report. He continued to serve as Secretary of Defense in President Barack Obama's administration. He retired in 2011. Gates was presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom, by President Obama. According to a Washington Post book review, he is "widely considered the best defense secretary of the post-World War II era" More
Pacific Palisades, CA: Goodyear Publishing Company, Inc., 1971. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xiv, [2], 144 pages. Figures. Tables. Bibliography. Index. DJ is somewhat soiled and worn, especially at the edges. Tear, crease, and scratches at the back of the DJ. Edward Bernard Glick received his Ph.D. from the University of Florida and spent the bulk of his career at Temple University where his last title was Professor Emeritus of Political Science. Early in his career he specialized in civil-military relations, the politics of national defense and Latin American affairs. Later he also addressed Middle East issues. More
Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, 1986. 192, chapter notes, appendices, index, stains in margins pp. 131-135 (minor loss of text p. 134), foxing to fore-edge. More
Tampa, FL: Government Services Group, 1998. Quarto, 191, wraps, profusely illus. in color. More
Tampa, FL: Government Services Group, 2002. Quarto, 216, wraps, profusely illus. in color, some wear to cover and spine edges. More
Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, c1989. First Printing. 24 cm, 219, bibliography, index, some wear and soiling to DJ, pencil erasure on front endpaper. More
Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, c1989. First Printing. Hardcover. 24 cm, 219, pages. Bibliography, index, some wear DJ edges.Autographed letter from Rep. Jim Kolbe to Rep. Julian Dixon w/ handwritten note laid in. More
Palo Alto, CA: EW Communications, Inc., 1984. Ninth Edition. Wraps. 29 cm, 402 pages. Wraps. Illustrations. Maps. Figures. Glossary. Appendix. Index. Some wear to covers. Ex-library with the usual library markings. Several loose pages toward the back have been reattached with glue. Spine restrengthened at page 292 with glue. More
University Press of Kansas, 2005. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Sewn binding. xxiii, [1, ]490 p. Illustrations. Notes. Index. More
Place_Pub: Berkeley, CA: University of CA Press, c1965. Third Printing. 24 cm, 83, notes, bibliography, stamp inside front board. More
Place_Pub: Berkeley, CA: University of CA Press, c1965. First? Printing. 24 cm, 83, notes, bibliography, pencil notations to text, ink name inside front board, some wear to board corners & spine edges. More
Washington, DC: National Defense University, 1983. First? Edition. First? Printing. 23 cm, 167, wraps, illus., fold-out charts, chapter notes, acronyms, some wear and soiling to covers. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. First Edition. 587, illus., notes, bibliography, index, usual library markings, DJ in plastic sleeve, some soiling to fore-edge James Forrestal was a brilliant financier and military organizer, and he was the first U.S. Secretary of Defense. More