Modern Armor: A Comprehensive Guide
Warren, MI: Squadron/Signal Publications, 1978. Updated/Rev. Edition. 159, wraps, illus. (some in color), covers worn and soiled, small creases to front cover, minor edge tears at back. More
Warren, MI: Squadron/Signal Publications, 1978. Updated/Rev. Edition. 159, wraps, illus. (some in color), covers worn and soiled, small creases to front cover, minor edge tears at back. More
New York: St Martin's Press, 1955. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xv, [1], 207, [1] pages. Name of previous owner in ink on fep. Cover has a gilt decoration on the front and has some edge wear and soiling. Some page soiling. Somewhat cocked. Includes 33 illustrations, as well as Acknowledgments, a Glossary, and an Introduction. Chapter 1 covers the Use of Fire in War, Petroleum and Naphtha, The Development of Cannon, Early Experiments, English Artillery on the Continent, Giant Guns, Henry the Eighth's influence and Elizabethan Cannon; The Seventeenth Century, Slow Development: Modern Methods; Variations of Cannon; Unusual Materials and Types; Drawn and Self-Propelled Guns, Machine-Guns--First Attempts at Multiple Fire; Puckle's Revolving Gun; The Maxim Gun; Handguns, Muskets and Rifles; The Smooth Bore; Rifled Firearms; Breech-Loading Guns; Multiple Fire; Carbines; Pistols and Revolvers; Single Shot; Multiple Shot; Experiments: Wall Pieces and Curriers; Unusual Pistols; Combined Weapons; Air and Other Propellents; Ammunition; Projectiles; Igniters; Small Arms Ammunition; Grenades and Fireships; Rockets; Bibliography and Index. William Young Carman (1909-2003) was a well known as a military historian and collector. He has written on uniforms and weapons are The History of Firearms, British Military Uniforms from Contemporary Prints, Indian Army Uniforms (2 vols.) and Headdresses of the British Army (2 vols.), as well as contributions to History of the British Army. He was associated with the Imperial War Museum and National Army Museum for over 20 years, and is a Council Member of the Army Historical Research Society. More
Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute U. S. Army War College, 2003. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. v, [1], 75, [3] p. Illustration. Endnotes. More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard Alumni Bulletin, 1925. 16 cm, 108, endpapers and edges discolored and soiled, "compliments of the publishers" card laid in. More
New York: Basic Books, 1995. First Printing [Stated]. Trade paperback. xvii, [1], 329, [3] pages. Notes. Index. Cover has minor wear and soiling. The definitive biography of Tsien Hsue-Shen, the pioneer of the American space age who was mysteriously accused of being a communist, deported, and became, to America's continuing chagrin, the father of the Chinese missile program. Iris Shun-Ru Chang (March 28, 1968 – November 9, 2004) was an American journalist, author and political activist. She is best known for her best-selling 1997 account of the Nanking Massacre, The Rape of Nanking, and in 2003, The Chinese in America: A Narrative History. Chang is the subject of the 2007 biography Finding Iris Chang, and the 2007 documentary film Iris Chang: The Rape of Nanking starring Olivia Cheng as Iris Chang] The independent 2007 documentary film Nanking was based on her work and dedicated to her memory. Her first book, Thread of the Silkworm tells the life story of the Chinese professor, Qian Xuesen (or Tsien Hsue-shen) during the Red Scare in the 1950s. Qian was one of the founders of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and for many years helped the military of the United States debrief scientists from Nazi Germany. He was suddenly accused of being a spy and a member of the Communist Party USA, and was under house arrest from 1950 to 1955. Qian left for the People's Republic of China in 1955. Upon his return to China, Qian developed the Dongfeng missile program, and later the Silkworm missile, which was used by the Iraqi military during its war on Iran and against the United States-led coalitions during the Persian Gulf War and the 2003 invasion of Iraq. More
Washington DC: American Industry and Labor for the SST, 1971. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Trade paperback. [6], 103, [1] pages. Footnotes. Illustration. Tables. Stamp on the title page. Inscribed by the author Chatham on the title page. Cover has some wear and soiling. This work is a study by the Science Policy Research Division, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, made at the request of Senator Henry M. Jackson (D) Washington. George Chatham was a specialist in Aeronautics and Space with the Congressional Research Service. He published in several fields, held 25 U.S. and Foreign patents, and had received national honors for mechanical design. Dr. Franklin Huddle was a Specialist in Science and Technology with the Congressional Research Service and was a nationally recognized authority on materials and on National Materials Policy. He had previously worked for Hughes Aircraft Company. More
Washington, DC: Pergamon-Brassey's Intern'l. c1989. 24 cm, 286, applendix, glossary, some soiling to DJ. Foreword by Senator Sam Nunn. More
New York: Berkley Books, 1998. First pbk. printing [stated]. Mass-market paperback. 353 p. More
New York: Berkley Books, 1996. First Printing. pocket paperbk, 500, wraps In the newly unified Germany, old horrors are reborn. It is the beginning of Chaos Days, a time when neo-Nazi groups gather to spread violence and resurrect dead dreams. But this year Germany isn't the only target. Plans are afoot to destabilize Europe and cause turmoil throughout the United States. Paul Hood and his team, already in Germany to buy technology for the new Regional Op-Center, become entangled in the crisis. More
Richmond, VA: The William Byrd Press, 1969. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. 114, [1] pages. Illustrations/Inscribed on the fep to Ms. Virginia M. Rosser With All our Best Wishes, Major General Oliver W. Lewis Major General USAF (Ret). Oliver W. Lewis, was vice president of the American Defense Preparedness Association, and as such interacted with the American Ordnance Association. Brigadier General Benedict Crowell, who had served as the Assistant Secretary of War during WWI, realized that there needed to be an approach for involving industry with national defense. In October 1919, he convened a meeting of military officers and leading manufacturers at Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland to discuss this deficiency and explore what might be done. The result of this gathering was the establishment of the Army Ordnance Association. The goal of this Association was industrial preparedness, both in peacetime and in times of war. Crowell served as the Chairman of the AOA from 1920 to 1945. In 1948, the Army Ordnance Association changed its name to the American Ordnance Association, reflecting the changes brought about by the establishment of the Department of Defense. At that time, the Association broadened its technical coverage and activities to include manufacturing, emerging technologies, and supply chains for sustainment. On January 1, 1965, the Armed Forces Chemical Association and the American Ordnance Association merged and continued to address their foundational mission under the banner of the American Ordnance Association. In 1973, the name of the Association was changed to American Defense Preparedness Association – the ADPA. More
Carlisle, PA: U. S. Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute/Army War College Press, 2013. Presumed first edition/first printing. Trade paperback. viii, 440 pages. Endnotes. Cover has slight wear and soiling. Foreword by Thomas Schelling. What is strategic stability and why is it important? This edited collection offers the most current authoritative survey of this topic, which is central to U.S. strategy in the field of nuclear weapons and great power relations. A variety of authors and leading experts in the field of strategic issues and regional studies offer both theoretical and practical insights into the basic concepts associated with strategic stability, what implications these have for the United States, as well as key regions such as the Middle East, and perspectives on strategic stability in Russia and China. Readers will develop a deeper and more developed understanding of this consent from this engaging and informative work. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1988. Quarto, 184, wraps, figures, tables, notes, appendices, some creasing to cover edges. More
Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1991. Reprint. Trade paperback. xvi, 471, [1] p. Maps. Tables. FIgures. Notes. Sources and Methods. Bibliography. Index. More
Cambridge, MA: The M.I.T. Press, 1964. Presumed first edition/first printing. Hardcover. x, 273 p. : illus., maps.; 24 cm. Notes. Index. More
Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1983. Revised Edition. 278, illus., notes, index. More
Washington, DC: Roosevelt Cen/Am Policy Stud, 1986. First Printing. 27, wraps, part of title colored by highlighter, pencil erasure on title page. More
New York: Crane, Russak, [1973]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 202, wraps, bibliography, footnotes, stamp inside cover and on half title, covers somewhat worn and soiled. Strategy papers, no. 17. More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000. 1st St Martins Edition. First Printing. 374, wraps, tables, appendix, recommended reading, index, corners of a few pages bent, slight wear to cover edges. More
New York: Morrow, c1990. First Edition. Second Printing. 25 cm, 464. More
Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1980. First Edition. First Printing. 350, footnotes, index, DJ somewhat worn, soiled, edge tears, and chips. More
Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1980. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. [8], 350, [2] pages. Footnotes. Appendix. Index. One ink tick mark at Table of Contents noted. Minor edge soiling. Trevor Nevitt Dupuy (May 3, 1916 – June 5, 1995) was a colonel in the United States Army and a noted military historian. After Dupuy left active service in the Army in 1952, Harvard University appointed him as a Professor of Military Science and Tactics, where he helped found the Harvard Defense Studies Program (directed from 1958 to 1971 by Henry Kissinger). After retiring from active military duty in 1958, he served as a visiting professor in the International Relations Program at Rangoon University in Burma. From 1960 to 1962 Dupuy worked for the Institute for Defense Analyses, a government-funded think tank. In 1962 he formed the first of his research companies dedicated to the study and analysis of armed conflict, the Historical Evaluation and Research Organization (HERO), and served as President and Executive Director until 1983. More
Edgware, Middlesex, England: Almark Publications, 1969. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24, wraps, illus. (some in color), diagrams, covers worn and soiled, clear adhesive covering on covers. More
Minneapolis, MN: Dillon Press, c1988. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 192, illus., bibliography, index, label on DJ spine. More
Basic Books, 1990. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. x, 262 p. Illustrations. Notes. Index. More
New York: Ballantine Books, 1971. First Printing. 21 cm, 160, wraps, illus. Introduction by Barrie Pitt. More