Lost Victories
Place_Pub: Novato, CA: Presidio Press, 1994. Reprint Edition. First Paperbk? Printing. 574, wraps, illus., maps, appendices, glossary, index, slight wear to cover edges, front flyleaf creased, ink # inside rear cover. More
Place_Pub: Novato, CA: Presidio Press, 1994. Reprint Edition. First Paperbk? Printing. 574, wraps, illus., maps, appendices, glossary, index, slight wear to cover edges, front flyleaf creased, ink # inside rear cover. More
Washington DC: National Defense University, Institute For National Strategic Studies, 1996. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Wraps. vi, 133, [5] pages. Footnotes. Some passages are marked and/or underlined. This is McNair Paper Number 52. Examines the question of whether Clausewitzian friction would succumb to the changes in leading-edge warfare that may lie ahead, or whether such impediments reflect more enduring aspects of war that technology can only affect marginally. Clausewitzian friction refers to the theory by Carl von Clausewitz (1780-1831) that reality exerts a kind of friction on ideas and intentions in war. This term is commonly associated with the diverse difficulties and impediments to the effective use of military force. Barry D. Watts was a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, where he specialized in air power issues, Air Force transformation, and the military use of space. From 2001 to 2002, Watts headed the Office of Program Analysis and Evaluation in the Department of Defense. Previously, he directed the Northrop Grumman Analysis Center, where he had served after retiring from the Air Force with the rank of lieutenant colonel. From 1991 to 1993, Watts headed a study of operations and effectiveness as part of the Gulf War Air Power Survey. His publications include The Foundations of U.S. Air Doctrine: The Problem of Friction in War (Air University Press, 1984) and The Military Use of Space: A Diagnostic Assessment (Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, 2001). More
London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1946. First? Edition. First? Printing. 166, frontis illus., footnotes, front DJ flap price clipped, DJ worn, soiled, edge tears, and chips. More
New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1958. First Edition. First Printing. 497, frontis illus., appendices, bibliography, index, DJ somewhat worn and discolored: small edge chips. More
New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1959. Fifth Printing. 497, frontis illus., appendices, bibliography, index, ink name inside front flyleaf, some discoloration to flyleavesboards somewhat worn and discolored, spine lettering faded, some wear to board corners. General Wedemeyer condemns a score of tactical and diplomatic errors in World War II strategy. More
Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1950. 132, fold-out charts, library bookplate, pin-prick library stamp & ink notation on title page, some wear board & spine edges. More
New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1973. First Printing. 584, maps, notes, bibliography, index, front and rear boards weak, spine stained, rough spot inside rear board, library stamps. More
New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1973. First Printing. 584, maps, notes, bibliography, index, red ink letters on spine, some wear to top and bottom edges of spine. More
New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1973. First Printing. 584, maps, notes, bibliography, index, some pencil underlining to text, small tears/chips and creasing along top & bottom DJ edges. More
New York: Paragon House Publishers, 1988. 263, figures, tables, chapter notes, index, DJ somewhat soiled & some sticker residue, rear DJ flap creased. More
New York: Paragon House Publishers, c1988. 24 cm, 263, wraps, illus. Inscribed by the author. More
Washington, DC: Regnery Publishing, Inc., c1996. First Printing. 24 cm, 470, acid-free paper, illus., maps, appendices, bibliography, index, erratum slip laid in. Introduction by Margaret Thatcher. More
Washington, DC: Regnery Publishing, Inc., 1996. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. 24 cm. xxv, [1], 470 pages. Acid-free paper. Illustrations. Maps. Appendices. Bibliography. Index. Introduction by Margaret Thatcher. Signed by the author (Weinberger) on the title page. Caspar Willard "Cap" Weinberger (August 18, 1917 – March 28, 2006) was an American politician and businessman. As a prominent Republican, he served in a variety of state and federal positions for three decades, including Chairman of the California Republican Party, 1962–68. He was Secretary of Defense under President Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1987. Weinberger was as a California State Assemblyman from 1953 to 1959, and he would go on to serve as Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission and Director of the Office of Management and Budget under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. An accomplished businessman, he later became vice president of Bechtel Corporation, and later Chairman of Forbes magazine. He is also known for the Strategic Defense Initiative. More
Washington, DC: Regnery Publishing, Inc., c1996. First Printing. 24 cm, 470, acid-free paper, illus., maps, appendices, bibliography, index. Introduction by Margaret Thatcher. More
New York, N.Y. Osprey Publishing, 2006. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. 336 pages. Oversized book, measuring 9-3/4 inches by 7-3/4 inches. DJ is in a plastic sleeve. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrations (some with color). Includes Contributors; Chronology; Introduction; The French Indochina War; Fight for the Long Haul; The Road South; The War outside Vietnam; A View from the Other Side of the Story; Caught in the Crossfire; Diggers and Kiwis; The Conduct of the war; On the Ground; "Swatting Flies with a Sledgehammer"; Battle for the Mekong; Tactics in a Different War; The "Living-Room War"; and The Final Act--And After. Includes Endnotes, Bibliography, Glossary, and Index. Contributions include critical assessments of strategy and tactics by both NVA and ARVN officers, an account of the war's effect on civilians, and discussions of wider issues, including the war with Cambodia and Laos and the strategy of the U.S. forces. The book is illustrated with contemporary photographs, maps, and diagrams that evocatively complement the text. Among the many contributors were Lewis Sorley and John Prados. Dr. Andrew Wiest received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois, in 1990. Specializing in the study of World War I and Vietnam, Dr. Wiest has served as a Visiting Senior Lecturer at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst and as a Visiting Professor in the Department of Warfighting Strategy in the United States Air Force Air War College. Since 1992 Dr. Wiest has been active in international education, leading a study abroad program on World War II to London and Normandy each summer, and developing the award-winning Vietnam Study Abroad Program. More
New Your: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1966. Revised Edition. Hardcover. xvi, 268, [2] pages. Illustrations. Originally published by RAND in 1954. Contains a Preface to the Revised Edition and the Preface to the First Edition. Appendix. Index. Cover has minor wear and soiling. Minor endpaper soiling. John D. Williams was a member of the research council of the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica and an astronomer and mathematician. The Rand Corporation is a private, nonprofit, Government-supported research institution that studies space age defense problems for the Air Force. Mr. Williams studied at the Universities of Arizona and Pennsylvania and at Princeton University. He began his professional career at the Steward Observatory in Tucson, Ariz., as an astronomer, with interests in meteors, extragalactic nebulae and the determination of stellar diameters. His mathematical interests were in statistics and the theory of games. A magazine once described Mr. Williams as “a former astronomer and pool shark.” His Book, “The Compleat Strategyst: Being a Primer of the Theory of Games and Strategy,” was published in 1954 and translated into French, Swedish, Russian and German. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. Second Printing. 282, notes, bibliography, index, marginal underlining in pencil, usual library markings, DJ flaps pasted inside boards. More
Kansas City, MO: Hudson-Kimberly Publishing, 1903. 265, fold-out maps, footnotes, errata, index, weakness to front board, board corners and spine edges worn. More
New York: Pilgrim Press, 1982. Sixth edition [stated], Presumed first printing thus. Hardcover. xx, 755, [1] pages. Footnotes. Bibliography. Resources. Title Index. Author index. DJ worn at edges, with some soiling. Usual library markings. This work presents the conditions essential to a world without war in a way that creatively challenges those working within the real-world. This work was initially produced by Robert Pickus. From the Preface: This is the sixth edition of a work first published in 1967 as an annotated bibliography. This bibliography was revised and expanded in 1968 Critics pointed out that there was an argument implicit in the bibliography and that the argument, combined with introductions to the ideas, books, and work that could help end war, would make a useful book. Robert Pickus and the current author developed To End War into such a book for the third edition in 1969. A modestly revised fourth editions was published by Harper and Row in 1970. The fifth edition was prepared by Robert Pickus, Timothy Zimmer and others for release in 1975 but was never completed. The introduction to the fifth edition argued that the institutional and attitudinal requirements of modern was are the central realities in world politics today. That introduction has been revised and updated and appears here. While this sixth edition retains much of the original structure, it is, to a significant extent, a new book. World politics has changed significantly, and chapters on the shifting world economic order and the environment have been added to reflect this. More
New York: Pilgrim Press, c1982. Sixth, Revised Edition. First? Printing. Hardcover. xx, 755, [1] pages. Footnotes. Bibliography. Resources. Title Index. Author index. DJ worn at edges, with some soiling. This work presents the conditions essential to a world without war in a way that creatively challenges those working within the real-world. This work was initially produced by Robert Pickus. From the Preface: This is the sixth edition of a work first published in 1967 as an annotated bibliography. This bibliography was revised and expanded in 1968 Critics pointed out that there was an argument implicit in the bibliography and that the argument, combined with introductions to the ideas, books, and work that could help end war, would make a useful book. Robert Pickus and the current author developed To End War into such a book for the third edition in 1969. A modestly revised fourth editions was published by Harper and Row in 1970. The fifth edition was prepared by Robert Pickus, Timothy Zimmer and others for release in 1975 but was never completed. The introduction to the fifth edition argued that the institutional and attitudinal requirements of modern was are the central realities in world politics today. That introduction has been revised and updated and appears here. While this sixth edition retains much of the original structure, it is, to a significant extent, a new book. World politics has changed significantly, and chapters on the shifting world economic order and the environment have been added to reflect this. More
New York: J. Brussel, [1959]. 36 cm, approx. 225, illus. (some color), maps, footnotes, DJ soiled, scuffed, & worn, some edge tears & chipping to DJ, pencil erasure fr endppr. More
Fort Leavenworth, KS: U. S. Army Command and General Staff College, Combat Studies Institute, 1986. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. ix, [1], 221, [1] pages. Illustrations. Occasional footnotes. Maps. Notes. Bibliography. Cover has some wear and soiling. This is the Combat Studies Institute Research Survey No. 5. The author graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1971 and received an M.A. in European History from Stanford University and an M.M.A.S. in military history from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. As an infantry officer, he has served in a variety of assignments in Germany, Korea, and the United States. From 1979 to 1982 he was an instructor and assistant profession in the Department of History at West Point, He assumed command of an infantry battalion at Ford Ord in the summer of 1987. More
Washington DC: National Defense University Press, Institute for National Security Studies, Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs, 2017. First Printing [Stated]. Wraps. [6], 45, [1] pages. Map (color). Table. Notes. Cover has slight wear and soiling. Dr. Joel Wuthnow is a research fellow in the Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs within the Institute for National for Strategic Studies at NDU. His research areas include Chinese foreign and security policy, Chinese military affairs, U.S.-China relations, and strategic developments in East Asia. He also serves concurrently as an adjunct professor in the Eisenhower School at NDU, where he teaches national security strategy. Prior to joining NDU, Dr. Wuthnow was a China analyst at CNA, a postdoctoral fellow in the China and the World Program at Princeton University, and a pre-doctoral fellow at The Brookings Institution. He has also taught at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Dr. Wuthnow’s research has appeared in journals such as The China Quarterly, Chinese Journal of International Politics, Asian Security, Asia Policy, Journal of Strategic Studies, and Joint Force Quarterly, as well as in NDU’s China Strategic Perspectives monograph series. He is also the author of a book, Chinese Diplomacy and the UN Security Council (Routledge). Dr. Wuthnow holds degrees from Princeton University (A.B., summa cum laude, in Public and International Affairs), Oxford University (M.Phil. in Modern Chinese Studies), and Columbia University (Ph.D. in Political Science). He is proficient in Mandarin. More
New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, [1970]. First? Edition. First? Printing. Hardcover. 24 cm, 257 pages, illustrations, maps, index, DJ worn, some tears to DJ, pencil erasure residue on half-title page, bookplate inside front board. More
Palgrave macmillan, 2006. Third printing [stated]. Hardcover. xv, [3], 233, [5] pages. Foreword by Tom Clancy. Illustrations. Index. Inscribed by Zinni on half-title page. Minor inscription ink bleeding onto title page. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Anthony Charles Zinni (born September 17, 1943) is a retired United States Marine Corps general and a former Commander in Chief of the United States Central Command (CENTCOM). In 2002, he was selected to be a special envoy for the United States to Israel and the Palestinian Authority. While serving as special envoy, Zinni was also an instructor in the Department of International Studies at the Virginia Military Institute. He was an instructor at Duke University, a public speaker, and an author of best-selling books on his military career and foreign affairs, including Battle for Peace. Zinni has served on the advisory boards of a number of companies, including the security testing firm, Mu Dynamics, based in Sunnyvale, California. He joined Duke University's Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy in Spring 2008 as the Sanford Distinguished Lecturer in Residence and taught a new course in the Hart Leadership Program. As of 2014, he serves as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Middle East Institute. He has been credited for foresight in predicting the dangers of terrorism coming out of Afghanistan before the September 11 attacks of 2001 and supporting the Iraq War troop surge of 2007. More