Chicago, IL: H. Regnery Company, 1960. First? Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 318, index, top edge soiled, DJ worn and soiled. Introduction by Admiral Arleigh Burke. More

New York: Harper & Row, c1987. First Edition. First Printing. 25 cm, 433, highlighting/underlining, sticker residue on DJ. More

New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc, 1961. First Edition. 244, illus., bkplate ins fr flyleaf, sm tear & creases in margin p. 195, DJ somewhat worn & soiled: sm tears, DJ in plastic sleeve. More

Amherst, NY: Humanity Books [An Imprint of Prometheus Books], 2003. Fourth Printing [stated]. Trade paperback. vii, [2], 129, [5] pages., Bibliography. Index. This is one of the Control of Nature Series. Initial copyright date is 1995. Larry Badash was a UCSB professor emeritus and one of the nation’s most respected historians of science. The author of seven books and numerous articles, Larry taught generations of students during his 36-year career at UCSB. Larry specialized in history of physics and specifically nuclear weapons. Larry’s popular class on “The Bomb” led to the publication of his book Scientists and the Development of Nuclear Weapons: From Fission to the Limited Test Ban Treaty, 1939-1963 (1995). Larry expanded his research on the history of nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons are a product of scientists assembled during World War II at the now legendary Los Alamos laboratory. In 1975 he organized a series of weekly lectures delivered by members of the Los Alamos Project. The gathering included George B. Kistiakowsky, Richard P. Feynman, and Norris Bradbury. More

New York: Random House, 1983. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. xviii, 332, [2] p. Chronology. Maps. Index. More

New York: Simon & Schuster, c1995. First Printing. 22 cm, 188, usual library markings, DJ in plastic sleeveHow the end of the Cold War has transformed the mission of the scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory. More

McLean, VA: The Potomac Foundation, 1999. Second Edition [stated]. Presumed first printing thus. Trade paperback. [12], 83, [1] pages. Footnotes. Illustrations. Appendix (Chronology of the Cold War, 1981-1985). Norman Alishan Bailey is President of the Institute for Global Economic Growth, an international economic consultant, and a former US government official. He is an adjunct professor at the Institute of World Politics and teaches a course on "Economics for Foreign Policy Makers. Bailey served as Senior Director of International Economic Affairs for the United States National Security Council (NSC) between 1981 and 1983.[2] During his employment at the NSC, Bailey, whose specialty was monitoring terrorism by tracking finances. More

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, c1995. First Printing. 25 cm, 687, acid-free paper, illus., index, pencil erasure on half-title, DJ edges slightly worn. More

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1947. First Edition. 22 cm, 361, endpaper maps, bibliography, appendices, index, DJ flaps and rear DJ cut off and pasted inside rear board & flyleaf. More

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1982. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. 24 cm, 527, illus., maps, notes, index, slight wear to spine edges, ink name inside front flyleaf. George Wildman Ball (December 21, 1909 – May 26, 1994) was an American diplomat and banker. He served in the management of the US State Department from 1961 to 1966 and is remembered most as the only major dissenter against the escalation of the Vietnam War. He refused to publicize his doubts, which were based on calculations that South Vietnam was doomed. He also helped determine American policy regarding trade expansion, Congo, the Multilateral Force, de Gaulle's France, Israel and the rest of the Middle East, and the Iranian Revolution. During 1942, he became an official of the Lend Lease program. During 1944 and 1945, he was director of the Strategic Bombing Survey in London. During 1945, Ball began collaboration with Jean Monnet and the French government in its economic recovery in its negotiations regarding the Marshall Plan. During 1950 he helped draft the Schuman Plan and the European Coal and Steel Community Treaty. Ball was the Under Secretary of State for Economic and Agricultural Affairs for the administrations of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. He is known for his opposition to escalation of the Vietnam War. Ball also served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations from June 26 to September 25, 1968. During August 1968 at the UN Security Council, he endorsed the Czechoslovaks' struggle against the Soviet invasion and their right to live without dictatorship. During Nixon's administration, he helped draft policy proposals on the Persian Gulf. More

New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 1982. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. 24 cm. xii, [2], 527, [1] pages. Illustrations. Maps. Notes. Index. Some wear to DJ edges. George Wildman Ball (December 21, 1909 – May 26, 1994) was an American diplomat and banker. He served in the management of the US State Department from 1961 to 1966 and is remembered most as the only major dissenter against the escalation of the Vietnam War. He refused to publicize his doubts, which were based on calculations that South Vietnam was doomed. He also helped determine American policy regarding trade expansion, Congo, the Multilateral Force, de Gaulle's France, Israel and the rest of the Middle East, and the Iranian Revolution. During 1942, he became an official of the Lend Lease program. During 1944 and 1945, he was director of the Strategic Bombing Survey in London. During 1945, Ball began collaboration with Jean Monnet and the French government in its economic recovery in its negotiations regarding the Marshall Plan. During 1950 he helped draft the Schuman Plan and the European Coal and Steel Community Treaty. Ball was the Under Secretary of State for Economic and Agricultural Affairs for the administrations of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. He is known for his opposition to escalation of the Vietnam War. Ball also served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations from June 26 to September 25, 1968. During August 1968 at the UN Security Council, he endorsed the Czechoslovaks' struggle against the Soviet invasion and their right to live without dictatorship. During Nixon's administration, he helped draft policy proposals on the Persian Gulf. More

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1960. First Printing. 25 cm, 353, footnotes, index, usual library markings, foxing to text, some wear & soiling to boards & spine, bd corners somewhat bumped. More