The Art of War in the Western World
Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1987. First Printing. Hardcover. 740 pages. Illustrations. Maps. Tables. Notes. Index. DJ in plastic sleeve, slight wear to top and bottom edges of DJ. More
Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1987. First Printing. Hardcover. 740 pages. Illustrations. Maps. Tables. Notes. Index. DJ in plastic sleeve, slight wear to top and bottom edges of DJ. More
New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1967. First? Edition. First? Printing. 336, frontis illus., footnotes. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1984. First Printing. 250, appendix, index, pencil underlining & notes to text, DJ slightly soiled, some wear and creasing to DJ edges. More
Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute U. S. Army War College, 2007. Presumed first edition/first printing. Trade paperback. vi, 582 p. Figure. Endnotes. More
Chicago, IL: University of Chicago, c1973. 24 cm, 157, footnotes, DJ soiled and somewhat worn, pencil erasure on front endpaper, small stain on fore-edge, review copy card laid in. More
Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2002. First Printing thus [Stated]. Hardcover. Format 3.75 inches by 5.25 inches. xii-388, [1] pages. Abbreviations. Index. DJ is in a plastic sleeve. August Valentine Kautz (January 5, 1828 ? September 4, 1895) was a German-American soldier and Union Army cavalry officer during the American Civil War. He was the author of several army manuals on duties and customs eventually adopted by the U.S. military. Promoted to brigadier general of volunteers on April 16, 1864, Kautz led cavalry operations under the command of Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler during Ulysses S. Grant's campaigns against Richmond and Petersburg between April and June 1864. After the war, Kautz served (from May to June 1865) on the trial board investigating the conspirators involved in the assassination of President Lincoln, before performing service in the southwest frontier, including as the commander of the Department of Arizona and commanding officer of Fort McDowell. He was appointed commander of the Department of the Columbia in 1891 with the rank of brigadier general. More
New York: Penguin Books, 1990. Fourth Printing. 353, wraps, illus., maps, glossary, bibliography, index, price sticker on rear cover An analysis of the history of naval combat, using four landmark sea battles as case studies: the Battle of Trafalgar using wooden ships, the Battle of Jutland using ironclad steamships, the Battle of Midway using aircraft carriers, and the Battle of the Atlantic using submarine warfare. More
New York: Pocket Books, Inc., 1942. First Edition. First Printing. 17 cm, 116, wraps, covers somewhat worn and soiled. Pocket books, 170.An army officer in 1942 proposes good reasons why an army must go on the offensive in order to be free of the chance of losing. More
New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1957. First Printing. 270, maps, index, fore-edge stained and somewhat soiled, DJ soiled and edges worn: small tears, small pieces missing. More
New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1967. 264, footnotes, appendix, index, some soiling inside front board and flyleaf, slight wear to board and spine edges. More
New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1967. 264, footnotes, appendix, index, usual library markings, soiling & discoloration inside boards & flyleavesDJ in worn plastic sleeve (small piece of sleeve missing), rough spots inside front flyleaf where library pocket has been removed. The author argues that the strategic nuclear superiority of the United States has been the major contribution to whatever tenuous stability the world enjoys. More
Washington, DC: AAAS, 1989. 45, wraps, damp staining (and perhaps some mildew staining) on bottom edge, pages separate and text clear. More
New York: Hill and Wang, 1995. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. ix, [3], 291, [1] pages. Notes. Index. Some highlighting and underlining noted. Michael T. Klare is a Five Colleges professor of Peace and World Security Studies, whose department is located at Hampshire College (Amherst, Massachusetts, USA), defense correspondent of The Nation magazine and author of Resource Wars and Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America's Growing Petroleum Dependency (Metropolitan). Klare also teaches at Amherst College, Smith College, Mount Holyoke College and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Klare serves on the board of directors of the Arms Control Association. He is a regular contributor to many publications including The Nation, TomDispatch and Mother Jones, and is a frequent columnist for Foreign Policy In Focus. He also was the narrator of the movie Blood and Oil, which was produced by the Media Education Foundation. More
New York: Hill and Wang, 1995. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. ix, [3], 291, [1] pages. Tables. Notes. Index. Slightly cocked. Some ink marks noted. Corners of a number of pages creased. Michael T. Klare is a Five Colleges professor of Peace and World Security Studies, whose department is located at Hampshire College (Amherst, Massachusetts, USA), defense correspondent of The Nation magazine and author of Resource Wars and Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America's Growing Petroleum Dependency (Metropolitan). Klare also teaches at Amherst College, Smith College, Mount Holyoke College and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Klare serves on the board of directors of the Arms Control Association. He is a regular contributor to many publications including The Nation, TomDispatch and Mother Jones, and is a frequent columnist for Foreign Policy In Focus. He also was the narrator of the movie Blood and Oil, which was produced by the Media Education Foundation. More
New York: Hill and Wang, 1995. First Edition. First? Printing. Hardcover. 24 cm, 291, DJ slightly worn at edges. Michael T. Klare is a Five Colleges professor of Peace and World Security Studies, whose department is located at Hampshire College (Amherst, Massachusetts, USA), defense correspondent of The Nation magazine and author of Resource Wars and Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America's Growing Petroleum Dependency (Metropolitan). Klare also teaches at Amherst College, Smith College, Mount Holyoke College and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Klare serves on the board of directors of the Arms Control Association. He is a regular contributor to many publications including The Nation, TomDispatch and Mother Jones, and is a frequent columnist for Foreign Policy In Focus. He also was the narrator of the movie Blood and Oil, which was produced by the Media Education Foundation. More
Moscow: Krasnaya Zvezda Publlishing House, 1971. Wraps. 27 cm, 64, wraps, illus. (some color), maps (some color). More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1984. 191, notes, index, embossed stamp on front flyleaf, slight wear to top and bottom DJ edges. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1996. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Format is approximately 8.75 inches by 11.25 inches. This book is approximately 2 inches think. xxxiv, [2], 711, [5] pages. Endpaper Maps. List of Maps. Illustrations. Directory of Contributors. Chronology. Table of Abbreviations and acronyms. Bibliographic Guide. Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. Paris Peace Accords. Medal of Honor Winners. Synoptic Outline Index. DJ is in a plastic sleeve. This is a large, heavy book that will require additional shipping if sent outside of the United States. More than five hundred entries cover the people, places, military actions, policies, strategies, tactics, weapons, domestic politics, and diplomacy of the war. The major essays are: American Perspectives, Antiwar Movement, Art and Literature, Colonialism, Diplomacy, Media and the war, Prelude to U.S. Combat Intervention, Strategy and Tactics, Vietnam, and Vietnamese Perspectives. Among the listed contributors is Robert Dallek! More
Carlisle, PA: U. S. Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute/Army War College Press, 2013. Presumed first edition/first printing. Trade paperback. xi, [1], . 95, [5] p. : Illustrations. Endnotes. More
Chicago, IL: Henry Regnery Company, 1962. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. 21 cm [8], 179, [5] pages. Occasional footnotes. DJ has some wear, soiling, edge tears and chips. Pencil erasure residue on fep. Melvin Robert "Bom" Laird[2] (September 1, 1922 – November 16, 2016) was an American politician, writer and statesman.[3] He was a U.S. congressman from Wisconsin from 1953 to 1969 before serving as Secretary of Defense from 1969 to 1973 under President Richard Nixon. Laird was instrumental in forming the administration's policy of withdrawing U.S. soldiers from the Vietnam War; he coined the expression "Vietnamization," referring to the process of transferring more responsibility for combat to the South Vietnamese forces. First elected in 1952, Laird was the last surviving Representative elected to the 83rd Congress at the time of his death. More
Lexington, KY: The University Press of Kentucky, 2001. Second printing [stated]. Hardcover. xi, [1], 365, [7] pages. Illustrations. Appendix. Notes. Index. Dr. Steven Lambakis is a national security and international affairs analyst specializing in space power and policy studies. Since joining National Institute for Public Policy in 1989, Dr. Lambakis written reports on a range of subjects, including studies of the following: political and legal restrictions on U.S. military activities in space; national defense space policy; ballistic missile defense; the future role of special operations forces in U.S. military strategy; and “asymmetric” threats. Since 2000, Dr. Lambakis has supported the Director of the Missile Defense Agency, formerly the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization. Dr. Lambakis’ most recent book, On the Edge of Earth: The Future of American Space Power (University Press of Kentucky, 2001), examines the development of American space power and highlights critical space policy deficiencies. In 1993, he published Winston Churchill-Architect of Peace: A Study of Statesmanship and the Cold War (Greenwood Press). He has published several articles, book reviews, and op-ed pieces in Space Policy, Policy Review, Armed Forces Journal International, Orbis, Strategic Review, U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, Defense News, Space News, Comparative Strategy, The Claremont Review of Books, and The Washington Times. Dr. Lambakis also has testified before the House Science Committee, Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee, and appeared on the television show Debates/Debates to discuss the “weaponization of space.”. More
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2000. Reprint. Third printing. Hardcover. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. xiii, [1], 337, [3] p. Illustrations. Footnotes. Index. Cornell Studies in Security Affairs. More
New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1992. First Edition. First Printing. 24 cm, 332, illus., usual library markings, evidence of some damp damage. More
Cranbury, NJ: Associated University Presses, 1984. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. 265, [7] pages. Includes Notes. Charts, Acknowledgments, Bibliography and Index. Chapters are: Years of Defeat: The Search for Responsibility; The Tradition: The Strategy of Attrition; The Challenge: The Theory of Armored Warfare; The Postwar Period: 1918-1927; The Years of Experiment: 1927-34; The Period of Early Rearmament: 1934-37; Prelude to War: 1937-40; and Epilogue: The Test of Battle. Robert H. Larson received his Ph.D. in History from the University of Virginia. He has been with the Lycoming College Since 1969 and is now a Professor emeritus. This work includes substantial discussion of the works and influence of J. F. C. Fuller and B. H. Liddell Hart as well as a substantive discussion of the Royal Tank Corps. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1951. First Edition. 198, map, appendix, slight discoloration inside boards, DJ soiled & worn: small tears, small pieces missing, rough spots rear DJ. More