Civilian Defence: An Introduction
New Delhi: Gandhi Peace Foundation, 1967. First Indian Edition. 265, chapter notes, appendices, reading list, index, DJ somewhat soiled & edges worn: small tears, small pieces missing. More
New Delhi: Gandhi Peace Foundation, 1967. First Indian Edition. 265, chapter notes, appendices, reading list, index, DJ somewhat soiled & edges worn: small tears, small pieces missing. More
New York: Pantheon Books, 1973. First? Printing. 21 x 26 cm, 307, illus., diagrams, index, bookplate removed, leaving scuff inside front board, DJ worn, torn, and soiled. More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1956. First American Edition. Hardcover. 224 p. 22 cm. More
New York: Harper & Row, c1987. Hardcover. 26 cm, 155 pages. Color illustrations. Ex-library with usual library markings. More
Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 1963. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. [10], 389,[1] pages. Illustrations. Figures. Formulas. Tables. Tabular Information. Technical Appendices. Notes. References and Selected Reading. Index. Thomas L. Martin, Jr. 1921–2009 retired after serving as president of Illinois Institute of Technology between 1974 and 1987. Other leadership experiences included Dean of Engineering at the University of Arizona, University of Florida and Southern Methodist University. During World War II he served in the Army and was awarded a Bronze Star. After the war he attended Stanford University where he received his Ph.D. He was a Fellow of IEEE and an honoree in the Hall of Fame of ASEE. Martin’s multidimensionality is evidenced by his authorship of eight books including Strategy for Survival, Ultrahigh Frequency Engineering and Electronic Circuits. Donald C. Latham was the first Assistant Secretary of Defense (Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence). This was a new position. Mr. Latham has been serving as Deputy Under Secretary of Defense. Previously, he was with the Riverside Research Institute in 1980-1981; division vice president, engineering, at RCA Corp., government systems division, in Moorestown, NJ (1978-1980); director of engineering at Martin Marietta Aerospace, Orlando division, in 1977-1978; Deputy Chief, Office of Microwave, Space, and Mobile Systems, Department of Defense, in 1974-1977; Chief, Engineering Staff, National Security Agency, European Headquarters, in 1971-1974; and at Martin Marietta Aerospace, Orlando division, in 1963-1971. More
Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 1964. Third Printing. 389, wraps, illus., figures, tables, appendices, notes, references, index, covers worn/soiled, tears at spine, stamp on half title. More
Arlington, VA: Education in World Issues, 1984. New Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 105, wraps, illus., maps. More
Arlington, VA: Arms Control Research, 1983. First? Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 89, wraps, illus., map, glossary, index. More
Hudson, WI: Gary E. McCuen Publications, [c1987]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 140 pages. Illustrations. Glossary. Black marks to top edge and rear endpaper. Ink notes on rear endpaper. Some library markings partially removed. Uses writings from diverse viewpoints. More
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Defense, 1965. 207, wraps, covers worn, soiled, torn, and chipped. More
Detroit, MI: Michigan Office of Civil Defense, 1951. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Taped spine. Event brochure laid in. The brochure format is approximately 16.5 inches by 10 inches, tri-folded resulting in six panels, all with text. Minor tears at folds. The interior three panels present the agendas for May 21, 22, and 23, 1951. The exterior three panels announce the Target - Detroit events, and present information and points of contact for the City of Detroit Office of Civil Defense, The Michigan Civil Defense Council, and the Civil Defense Metropolitan Area Coordination Executive Committee. Cover is worn, torn and soiled. Unique [?] surviving very detailed materials from a 1951 Civil Defense exercise involving the city of Detroit. Approximately 2.5 inches with multiple paginated sections. Cover says Theoretical Solution of April 16th Mock A-Bomb Attack on City of Detroit [on front and back covers]. Front cover also says File Copy and has a 'received stamp dated June 19 1951 by the City of Detroit. Among the speakers on the first morning were: Mayor Cobo of Detroit, Governor G. Mennen Williams, and Col. S. L. A. Marshall, military historian and analyst. The three days went from about 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. with recesses for meals. There were individual speakers and panel discussions. Among the key topics addressed were: Civil Defense, Hypothetical Problem and solution, Communication, Aerial Survey, Traffic Engineers, Transportation, Evacuation, Law Enforcement, Medical, Education, Welfare, Engineering, Rescue, Decontamination, Utilities, Air Raid Wardens, Mortuary, Four-County Mutual Aid, Windsor, Ontario Civil Defense, Mobile Support, State Police, State Troops, and Mortuary. More
Washington, DC: Dept. of the Army, 1954. First Printing. 26 cm, 494, illus., glossary, ink name inside front board. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1954. First Printing. 26 cm, 494, illus., tables, charts, glossary, bibliographical note, index, some foxing, rough spots ins flylves, bds scratched & stained. More
Las Vegas, NV: National Nuclear Security Administration, Nevada Site Office, Office of Public Affairs, 2005. Presumed First printing for Rev 1. Single sheet, printed on both sides. Format is approximately 8.5 inches by 11 inches. Illustrations and text on both sides. The Nevada Test Site was the primary testing location of American nuclear devices from 1951 to 1992; 928 announced nuclear tests occurred there. Of those, 828 were underground. (Sixty-two of the underground tests included multiple, simultaneous nuclear detonations, adding 93 detonations and bringing the total number of NTS nuclear detonations to 1,021, of which 921 were underground.) The site is covered with subsidence craters from the testing. The NTS was the United States' primary location for tests smaller than 1 Mt (4.2 PJ). 126 tests were conducted elsewhere, including most larger tests. Many of these occurred at the Pacific Proving Grounds in the Marshall Islands. The last atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada Test Site was "Little Feller I" of Operation Sunbeam, on July 17, 1962. More
Las Vegas, NV: National Nuclear Security Administration, Nevada Site Office, Office of Public Affairs, 2004. Presumed First printing for Rev 1. Single sheet, printed on both sides. Format is approximately 8.5 inches by 11 inches. Black and White illustrations and text on both sides. The Nevada Test Site was the primary testing location of American nuclear devices from 1951 to 1992; 928 announced nuclear tests occurred there. Of those, 828 were underground. (Sixty-two of the underground tests included multiple, simultaneous nuclear detonations, adding 93 detonations and bringing the total number of NTS nuclear detonations to 1,021, of which 921 were underground.) The site is covered with subsidence craters from the testing. The NTS was the United States' primary location for tests smaller than 1 Mt (4.2 PJ). 126 tests were conducted elsewhere, including most larger tests. Many of these occurred at the Pacific Proving Grounds in the Marshall Islands. The last atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada Test Site was "Little Feller I" of Operation Sunbeam, on July 17, 1962. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1994. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. [8], 194, [6] pages. Illustrations. Notes. Index. DJ has sticker residue at the back. The author was the Jack T. Kvernland Professor of Philosophy and Social Policy at Monmouth College and the author of The Soul of the Salesman and Weber and Rickert. He has published on classical German sociology, especially Georg Simmel and Max Weber, and most recently on the sociology of ethics. More
Bloomington, IN: Org of American Historians, 1988. 26 cm, 384, wraps, illus., maps, footnotes. More
Balboa Heights, C.Z. Panama Canal Company, December 29, 1965. Presumed First Edition, thus. Hardcover. viii, 144, [4] pages. Organization Chart. Tables. Some cover wear. Includes Introduction; Chapter 1--Review of Canal Traffic; Chapter II--The Waterway; Chapter III--Supporting Operations; Chapter IV--Administration; Chapter V--Financial Report and Statistical Data. Followed by a section on the Canal Zone Government; Chapter I--Public Health, Chapter II Public Education, Chapter III--Public Order and Protection, Chapter IV--Posts, Customs, and Immigration, Chapter V--Licenses, Insurance, and Estates, Chapter VI--Municipal Improvements, and Chapter VII--Financial Report and Statistical Data, including Financial Statements and Related Supplementary Reports. The Board of Directors has initiated investigation of the feasibility of securing certain support services from private sources instead of making further investment of Company funds in capital plant to provide such services. Balboa Heights was the administrative headquarters for the U.S.-owned Panama Canal Company during the period (1903–79) when the Canal Zone was in operation. Murals in the administration building (still in use by the Panama Canal Authority) depict the canal’s construction. The Canal Zone Library and Museum (founded 1914) in Balboa Heights exhibits relics and miniatures of important ships in Panama’s history. The Canal Zone Government and the Panama Railroad Company, renamed the Panama Canal Company, designated as the civil government and operating agency, respectively, of the Canal Zone and the Panama Canal, effective July 1, 1951, by an act of September 26, 1950 (Superseded by the Panama Canal Commission). More
Charlottesville, VA: Albemarle County Hist. Soc. 1948. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 429, illus., facsims., notes, index, pencil erasure on front endpaper, some damp stains at edges of pages, some foxing. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1962. 2d edition, revised and enlarged. Presumed first printing thus. Hardcover. xiv, [2], 337, [5] p. 22 cm. More
Raleigh, NC: Edwards & Broughton Company, n.d. 24 cm, 391, v.1 & v.2 bound together, illus., footnotes, index, board edges somewhat soiled and worn, especially at spine. More
Washington DC: Infantry Journal Press, 1949. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. xii, [2], 313, [1] pages. Footnotes. Illustrations. Index. Name of previous owner on fep. DJ has wear, tears, chips, and soiling. The front of the DJ appears to have the image of the Northrop N-1M which led to the jet powered YB-49 of 1947. Predecessor of a current stealth bomber. Stefan Thomas Possony (March 15, 1913 – April 26, 1995) was an Austrian-born US economist and military strategist and a Senior Fellow and director of International Studies at the Hoover Institution. He conceived the US Strategic Defense Initiative. He was with William Kintner and Robert Strausz-Hupé a coauthor of the influential Cold War strategy treatise The Protracted Conflict, and in 1968 was co-author with Jerry Pournelle and Francis X. Kane of The Strategy of Technology. One of the chapters of Strategy of Technology was "Assured Survival," an argument against the prevailing strategy of "Assured Destruction" that argued strongly for strategic defense including defense against ICBMs. More
New York: Whittlesey House, 1941. Third Printing. 334, illus., tables, appendix, bibliography, index, boards scuffed and corners worn, small tears at top and bottom edges of spine. More
New York: Whittlesey House, 1941. Fourth Printing. 334, illus., tables, appendix, bibliography, index, paper clip impressions pp. 327 to end, sm rust stains ins rear flylf & bd. More
London: Collins, 1943. First? Edition. First? Printing. 59, color illus., boards somewhat worn and soiled, some fading/discoloration to boards. More