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New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997. First Edition. First Printing. 442, illus. (some color), appendices, bibliography, chronology of aerospace power since 1903, index, DJ slightly scuffed. More
Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications, 1974. First Edition. First Printing. 256, bibliography, index, boards somewhat worn and soiled. More
New York: Priority Press Publications, 1985. First? Edition. First? Printing. 23 cm, 178, wraps, footnotes, some wear, soiling, and creasing to covers. More
New York: St. Martin's Press, c1984. First Edition. First Printing. 22 cm, 357, illus., front DJ flap price clipped, pencil erasure on front endpaper. Foreword by Alan Cranston. More
Boston, MA: Gambit, 1969. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. 178 pages. Index, some wear and soiling to DJ. Signed by the author. More
Boston, MA: Gambit, 1969. First Edition. First Printing. 178, index, some wear to DJ edges, ink notation inside front flyleaf. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1973. First Edition. 22 cm, 368, index, pencil erasure residue on half-title, some soiling and wear to DJ, stamp on title page. More
Washington, DC: The Washington Monthly Co., 1971. Reprinted from The Washington Monthly, July, 1971. Wraps. 16 p. Cover illustration. More
Port Arthur, TX: 7-Seas Press, 1970. First Printing. 23 cm, 350, illus., index, slight wear and soiling to boards. More
Novato, CA: Presidio Press, c1985. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 275, illus., front DJ flap price clipped. More
Novato, CA: Presidio, c1987. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 306, illus., front DJ flap price clipped, some wear and soiling to DJ, tear at top edge of DJ, erasure residue on front endpaper. More
New York, N.Y. Pocket Books, 1992. First Pocket Books Printing [stated]. Mass market paperback. xvii, [1], 317, [1] pages. Tear in front cover near spine. Includes Acknowledgments and Introduction, as well as chapters on The Hospital Battle; My Prisoner; Chu Pong Landing; Operation Masher; Images of War; Nvoc Ngot Bay; Charlie-Charlie; Cherry Pilot; LZ Dog; For God and Country; Dal Dong; Flying with Major Beasley; Some Fool Made a Pilot of Me; Super Scout; Quick Strike at Que Son; Breaking the Truce; Shoot-Down; Doc; Flying Tigers; Blue; Mid-Air; Hooters; Growing Up; The Point; Wild Bill; Chemicals and People Sniffers; Welcome to War; Eco Recon; Last Flights Over Cambodia; and Little Actions. During the Vietnam War, the helicopter assault teams of the 9th Cavalry, a relatively small element of the First Air Cav Division, initiated all the company's major contacts with the enemy and accounted for more than half of its ``kills.'' This collection of 29 tales of combat by veterans of those ``hunter killer'' teams is a worthy sequel to Brennan's earlier collection of 9th Cav reminiscences, Headhunters . Represented here are chopper pilots, aerial gunners, infantrymen and troop commanders. The emphasis throughout is on the danger and adrenaline rush of combat from the viewpoint of the individual soldier. ``I'm not sure I would want to go through it again,'' says one of the vets, ``but I wouldn't trade the experience for anything in the world.'' It is a summation that could be stated by every one of the proud men who tell their stories here. For readers interested in details of the helicopter war in Vietnam (and Cambodia), the book is must reading. More
New York: William Morrow, 2004. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. 546 pages. Illus., timeline, glossary, notes, selected bibliography, index, DJ somewhat soiled. Signed by the author. More
New York: Harper & Row, [1972]. First Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 280, some soiling and edge wear to DJ. Inscribed by the author. More
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1966. 161, footnotes, appendix, index, corners of a few pages bent, bookplate. More
New York: Harper & Row, 1967. First U.S. Edition. Presumed First Printing. Hardcover. 133 pages. Footnotes, DJ worn, soiled, and piece missing in front. The Jacob Blaustein lectures in international relations, 1965. More
Philadelphia, PA: American Friends Service Committee, Peace Education Program Resources, 1977. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. 16 p. Includes illustrations. More
Friendswood, TX and Houston, TX: Baxter Press and Imagination Transportation, Inc., 1996. First BP/ITI edition [stated]. Presumed first printing. Mass market paperback. Pocket paperback, 286, [2] pages. Maps. Introduction by Hanson W. Baldwin. Jacksel Markham "Jack" Broughton (January 4, 1925 – October 24, 2014) was a career officer and fighter pilot in the United States Air Force. He retired in the rank of colonel on August 31, 1968, with 43 separate awards and decorations, including four Distinguished Flying Crosses, two Silver Stars and the highest Air Force service decoration for heroism, the presidentially-awarded Air Force Cross. Broughton avowed that his proudest accomplishment was being combat-qualified in every air force fighter from the P-47 to the F-106. He authored two personal memoirs of the Vietnam War that were highly critical of the direction of the air war there and the rules of engagement. Following his retirement from the Air Force in 1968, Broughton was a manager in the flight test program and a technical planning advisor for the Space Shuttle Endeavour for Rockwell. More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1969. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. 254 pages. Endpaper map. Maps. Introduction by Hanson W. Baldwin. Jacksel Markham "Jack" Broughton (January 4, 1925 – October 24, 2014) was a career officer and fighter pilot in the United States Air Force (USAF). Broughton entered the United States Military Academy on July 15, 1942, appointed from New York's 38th congressional district, in the wartime three-year curriculum that consolidated the cadet second (junior) and first class (senior) years into a single 12-month period. Between January and November 1951 Broughton flew two combat tours of duty in the Korean War, in F-80C Shooting Stars with the 8th Fighter-Bomber Squadron, 49th Fighter-Bomber Group, at Taegu Air Base, and as flight leader for Project Swatrock, a combat field test of the Swiss-manufactured Oerlikon anti-tank rocket using the Republic F-84 Thunderjet as a test bed. He retired in the rank of colonel on August 31, 1968, with 43 separate awards and decorations, including four Distinguished Flying Crosses, two Silver Stars and the highest Air Force service decoration for heroism, the presidentially-awarded Air Force Cross. Broughton avowed that his proudest accomplishment was being combat-qualified in every air force fighter from the P-47 Thunderbolt to the F-106 Delta Dart. He authored two personal memoirs of the Vietnam War that were highly critical of the direction of the air war there and the rules of engagement. Following his retirement from the Air Force in 1968, Broughton was a manager in the flight test program and a technical planning advisor for the Space Shuttle Endeavour for Rockwell. More
Chicago, IL: Regnery Books, c1986. Book Club Edition. 356, illus., pencil erasure on half-title. More
Silver Spring, MD: George E. Brummell c/o Pie Publishing, 2006. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. xvii. [3], 347, [1] pages. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page. Inscription reads To Gene G. E. Brummell. Cover has slight curl at front edges. Author's Note. George Brummell returned to Vietnam in 1998 on a goodwill tour. He rode with bicycling champion Greg LeMond, perched on the back of a two-seater with other wounded veterans from both sides of the conflict. The author became the National Field Service Director of the Blinded Veterans Association. The Blinded Veterans Association (BVA) is a U.S non-profit organization that was established to "help veterans and their families meet and overcome the challenges of blindness". Services from BVA are available to all veterans who have become blind, either during or after active duty. The BVA employs Field Service Representatives, who have been strategically placed in different geographical areas throughout the United States. Their goal is to locate and assist blinded veterans in overcoming the challenges inherent in sight loss. Since all of the Field Representatives are legally blind veterans themselves, they can be effective role models in demonstrating that fellow veterans can take charge of their lives. Field Representatives are responsible for linking veterans with local services, assuring that the newly blinded take advantage of VA Blind Rehabilitation Services, and assisting them with VA claims when necessary. When blinded veterans are ready to return to the workforce, BVA Field Representatives can assist them with employment training and placement. More
New York: Bantam Books, 1976. Second printing [stated]. Mass market paperback. x, 437, [1] pages. Small tear to front cover. Cover is worn and soiled. Some page discoloration. Includes Author's Note. Illustration. To read this book is to weep, to despair, and ultimately to cheer. The true story of Michael Mullen, a soldier killed in Vietnam, and his parents’ quest for the truth from the US government: “Brilliantly done” (The Boston Globe). Drafted into the US Army, Michael Mullen left his family’s Iowa farm in September 1969 to fight for his country in Vietnam. Six months later, he returned home in a casket. Michael wasn’t killed by the North Vietnamese, but by artillery fire from friendly forces. With the government failing to provide the precise circumstances of his death, Mullen’s devastated parents, Peg and Gene, demanded to know the truth. A year later, Peg Mullen was under FBI surveillance. In a riveting narrative that moves from the American heartland to the jungles of Vietnam to the Vietnam Veterans Against the War march in Washington, DC, to an interview with Mullen’s battalion commander, Lt. Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, author C. D. B. Bryan brings to life with brilliant clarity a military mission gone horrifically wrong, a patriotic family’s explosive confrontation with their government, and the tragedy of a nation at war with itself. Originally intended to be an interview for the New Yorker, the story Bryan uncovered proved to be bigger than he expected, and it was serialized in three consecutive issues during February and March 1976, and was eventually published as a book that May. In 1979, Friendly Fire was made into an Emmy Award–winning TV movie. More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1976. Second Impression [Stated]. Hardcover. 24 cm, 380, [4] pages. Map. Minor edge soiling. Courtlandt Dixon Barnes Bryan (April 22, 1936 – December 15, 2009), better known as C. D. B. Bryan, was an American author and journalist. He served in the U.S. Army in South Korea (1958–1960). He was mobilized again (1961–1962) for the Berlin Crisis of 1961. He was an intelligence officer. Bryan is best known for his non-fiction book Friendly Fire (1976). It began as an idea he sold to William Shawn for an article in The New Yorker, then grew into a series of articles, and then a book. It describes an Iowa farm family, Gene and Peg Mullen, and their reaction and change of heart after their son's accidental death by friendly fire in the Vietnam War. One of the real-life characters featured in the book was future Operation Desert Storm commander H. Norman Schwarzkopf. It was made into an Emmy-winning 1979 television movie of the same name, for which he shared a Peabody Award. It's also been cited in professional military studies. More
Mill Valley, California: Baylaurel Press, 2003. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. 263, [1] pages. Maps. Biographies. Glossary. Illustrations. William L. Buchanan is a former United States Marine and former federal law enforcement officer. He is Vice President of Cannon Street, Inc., a firm that provides investigation services to law firms and corporations. More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1973. Presumed First Printing. Hardcover. 249 pages. Title page illus., small stains ins boards/flyleaves, DJ soiled, small tears/chips to DJ edges. Signed by the author. More