The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Rutherford, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ. [1970]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 578, index, front DJ flap price clipped, DJ somewhat worn and soiled, some tape on DJ, erasure residue on front endpaper. More
Rutherford, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ. [1970]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 578, index, front DJ flap price clipped, DJ somewhat worn and soiled, some tape on DJ, erasure residue on front endpaper. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1973. First Printing. 448, appendices, notes, bibliography, index, DJ soiled: edges worn and small tears. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1973. First Printing. 448, appendices, notes, bibliography, index, DJ somewhat soiled, rear DJ creased. More
Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2918. First Paperback Edition [stated]. Presumed first printing. Trade paperback. xv, [1], 517, [3] pages. Illustrations. Index. Foreword by General David H. Petraeus, USA (ret.) Publisher's ephemera laid in. Cover has slight wear and soiling. John Rogers Galvin (May 13, 1929 – September 25, 2015) was an American army general who served as the sixth dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and a member of the U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century. Galvin's career included the rare opportunity to command two different Department of Defense Unified Commands. He served as Commander in Chief, United States Southern Command in Panama from 1985 to 1987 and Commander in Chief, United States European Command from June 26, 1987, to June 23, 1992. During his tenure as Commander U.S. European Command he also served as NATO's Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (SACEUR). More
Washington, DC: Library of Congress Legislative Reference Service, 1971. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. [2], 33 p. Footnotes. More
New York: The Viking Press, 1970. Presumed first edition/first printing. Hardcover. xi 239 p. Illustrations. Occasional footnotes. More
New York: Jove Books, 1986. Second Printing. pocket paperbk, 319, wraps, maps, black mark on front cover A Military Book Club selection. More
New York: Jove Books, 1985. Fifth printing [stated]. Mass market paperback. [14], 298 pages. Illustrations. Occasional footnotes. Maps. Foreword by General William Westmoreland. Ink notation inside back cover. From the pages of this book, infantry leaders of tomorrow will be able to share the combat experiences of soldiers in Vietnam. For infantrymen to take heed of the lessons to be learned from the successes and failures is to ensure that our experiences are not wasted. On the battlefield of Vietnam, General Westmoreland saw the fighting for more than four years. He could say without reservation that our infantrymen were as well trained as any our nation had ever sent into battle. There they fought under extreme conditions: in chest-deep water and mud; through mangrove swamps, bamboo thickets, and dense jungle; and over mountainous terrain. More
Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution, 1985. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. xvi, 1147 pages. Footnotes. Index. Name of previous owner written in book. DJ has some wear and soiling, with edge chips and edge tears. More
Washington DC: The Brookings Institution, 1979. First Printing [Stated]. Trade paperback. xi, [1], 387, [1] pages. Footnotes. Table. Figures. Documentary Appendix. Bibliographic Note. Index. Ink notation inside the front cover. Corner of front cover creased. Cover has some wear and soiling. Leslie Howard "Les" Gelb (March 4, 1937 – August 31, 2019) was a correspondent and columnist for The New York Times, a senior Defense and State Department official, and later the President Emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations. He was diplomatic correspondent at The New York Times from 1973 to 1977. He served as an Assistant Secretary of State in the Carter Administration from 1977 to 1979, serving as director of the Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs and winning the Distinguished Honor Award, the highest award of the US State Department. In 1980 he co-authored The Irony of Vietnam which won the Woodrow Wilson Foundation Book Award in 1981. From 1980–1981, he was also a Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. More
New York: St. Martin's Press, c1988. First Edition. First Printing. 24 cm, 430, illus., front DJ flap price clipped, ink writing on flyleaf. More
Easton, PA: Lafayette College, 1986. Presumed First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. 24 cm, 698 pages. Illus., index, DJ somewhat worn, soiled, sm tears, & creases, gift note from college official laid in. Signed by the author. More
Easton, PA: Lafayette College, 1986. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 698, illus., appendices, index, small tears/chips to DJ edges. Inscribed by the author (Gendebien). More
New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1994. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 431, [1] p. Map. Glossary. Index. More
Colorado Springs, CO: United States Air Force Academy, n.d. [c1970]. Reprint edition {Pirated?]. Wraps. Starts with Chapter 1, page 17, The Military Situation in summer 1953. Ends at page 254. Ends with an interview on the revolutions in French colonial Africa. Fold-out maps, Illustrations. Rear cover is lose at bottom staple. Cover has some wear and soiling. Võ Nguyên Giáp (25 August 1911 – 4 October 2013) nicknamed "Red Napoleon" was a Vietnamese general who is regarded as having been one of the greatest military strategists of the 20th century. He served as the military commander of the Vi t Minh, the commander of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), minister of defense, and deputy prime minister. Giáp served as the military leader of the Viet Minh resistance against the Japanese occupation of Vietnam. Giáp was a crucial military commander in two wars: the First Indochina War of 1946–1954, fighting against the French, and the Vietnam War of 1955–1975, fighting against South Vietnam and its American backers. He participated in several historically significant battles, including Cao B ng in 1950, Hòa Bình in 1951–1952, i n Biên Ph in 1954, the Tet Offensive in 1968, the Easter Offensive in 1972, and the final Ho Chi Minh Campaign of 1975. Giáp was a mastermind military builder; he had transformed the rebels to a 'fine light-infantry army' fielding cryptography, artillery and advanced logistics and capable of challenging a larger, modernized French Far East Expeditionary Corps and the Vietnamese National Army. He was a very effective logistician, laying the foundation of the Ho Chi Minh trail, recognized as one of the great feats of military engineering. More
New York, N.Y. Monthly Review Press, 1971. First Modern Reader Paper Back Edition [stated]. Second printing [stated]. Trade paperback. 332, [4] pages. Some cover wear and page discoloration. Illustrations. Occasional footnotes. Edited and with an Introduction by Russell Stetler. Includes Map of Vietnam on pages 44-45. Topics covered include The War Against the French; The War in the South; and The War of Escalation. Name of previous owner of this book appears on the half title page and on the title page. This book includes the major writings of General Giap, who, on the evidence of his record as well as his theoretical work, has long been recognized as one of the military geniuses of modern times. The book includes writings from the 1940's to the end of the 1960's, and thus constitutes the most complete selection yet published. Much of the material has never before been available in English. This collection includes the major writings of General Giap, who, on the evidence of his record as well as his theoretical work, has long been recognized as one of the military geniuses of modern times. The book is presented here with a valuable historical introduction by Russell Stetler. Giap's story is the epic story of how a small backward peasant people fought to a standstill, within less than one generation, three of the most powerful military machines of the twentieth century--those of Japan, of colonial France, and of the United States. Giáp had no direct military training and was a history teacher at a French-speaking academy, influenced by historical military leaders and personally citing T. E. Lawrence and Napoleon as his two greatest influences. Highly recommended for readers who seek a holistic understanding behind the conflict. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1985. Wraps. 424 pages. Part II only, map, footnotes, appendix, notes on sources, index, some wear and soiling to covers and spine. xiii, [1], 424, [2] pages. Vol. 2 only. Wraps. Map. Footnotes. Appendix. Notes on Sources and Style. Index. Slight wear and soiling to covers. "This is a study of U.S. government policymaking during the 30 years of the Vietnam war, 1945-75, beginning with the 1945-1960 period. Although focusing on the course of events in Washington and between Washington and U.S. officials on the scene, it also depicts major events and trends in Vietnam to which the U.S. was responding, as well as the state of American public opinion and public activity directed at supporting or opposing the war."--Preface from Volume I. Volume 2 of a five-volume study prepared for the Committee on Foreign Relations of the U.S. Senate on the formulation of Vietnam policy during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. This second volume begins with the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy, and continues through President Lyndon B. Johnson's first year in office. During these four years, the U.S. commitment was expanded, and the number of American military personnel in Vietnam rose from 800 to almost 20,000. More
Washington DC: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1985. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Wraps. xiii, [1], 424, [2] pages. Vol. 2 only. Wraps. Map. Footnotes. Appendix. Notes on Sources and Style. Index. Slight wear and soiling to covers. "This is a study of U.S. government policymaking during the 30 years of the Vietnam war, 1945-75, beginning with the 1945-1960 period. Although focusing on the course of events in Washington and between Washington and U.S. officials on the scene, it also depicts major events and trends in Vietnam to which the U.S. was responding, as well as the state of American public opinion and public activity directed at supporting or opposing the war."--Preface from Volume I. Volume 2 of a five-volume study prepared for the Committee on Foreign Relations of the U.S. Senate on the formulation of Vietnam policy during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. This second volume begins with the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy, and continues through President Lyndon B. Johnson's first year in office. During these four years, the U.S. commitment was expanded, and the number of American military personnel in Vietnam rose from 800 to almost 20,000. More
Princeton, NJ: Acropolis Books, 1986. First Paperbk Printing. Wraps. 363 pages. , Vol. 1 only, wraps, map, footnotes, index, two ink initials on front endpaper, slight wear and soiling to covers. Volume 1 of a five-volume study prepared for the Committee on Foreign Relations of the U.S. Senate on the formulation of Vietnam policy during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. This first volume begins with President Truman's decision at the end of World War II to accept French reoccupation of Indochina rather than to seek the international trusteeship favored earlier by President Roosevelt, and ends with the declining fortunes of the South Vietnamese Government and growing doubts about the U.S. program as the 1950's came to an end. More
Washington DC: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1988. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Wraps. xvi, 489, [7] pages. Vol. III only. Wraps. Map. Footnotes. Appendix. Index. Slight wear and soiling to covers. "This is a study of U.S. government policymaking during the 30 years of the Vietnam war, 1945-75, beginning with the 1945-1960 period. Although focusing on the course of events in Washington and between Washington and U.S. officials on the scene, it also depicts major events and trends in Vietnam to which the U.S. was responding, as well as the state of American public opinion and public activity directed at supporting or opposing the war."--Preface from Volume I. Volume 2 of a five-volume study prepared for the Committee on Foreign Relations of the U.S. Senate on the formulation of Vietnam policy during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. This second volume begins with the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy, and continues through President Lyndon B. Johnson's first year in office. During these four years, the U.S. commitment was expanded, and the number of American military personnel in Vietnam rose from 800 to almost 20,000. More
Binghamton, NY: Brundage Publishing, 2001. The Military Book Club edition. Hardcover. [6], 307, [7] pages. Illustrations. DJ is in a plastic sleeve. From the author's introduction: "This story is about a soldier. I have been many different kinds of soldier. Even in the rebellious and destructive part of my youth, I was quick to defend the weak and innocent, as well as myself from perceived wrongdoing. Perhaps this is a clue as to why my story turned out the way it did." A sniper is a military/paramilitary marksman who engages targets from positions of concealment or at distances exceeding the target's detection capabilities. Snipers generally have specialized training and are equipped with high-precision rifles and high-magnification optics, and often also serve as scouts/observers feeding tactical information back to their units or command headquarters. In addition to long-range and high-grade marksmanship, military snipers are trained in a variety of special operation techniques: detection, stalking, target range estimation methods, camouflage, field craft, infiltration, special reconnaissance and observation, surveillance and target acquisition. More
Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2000. Hardcover. 184 pages. Illus., index, slight wear to DJ edges. Signed and dated by the author. More
New York, N.Y. Hill and Wang, 1994. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. 357 pages. Contains Acknowledgments, Conclusion, Notes, and Index. James William Gibson is a professor of sociology at California State University, Long Beach. He attended graduate school at Yale University, and wrote his thesis on how the U.S. military conceptualized and fought the Vietnam War, and why, despite overwhelming technological superiority, it was defeated by the Vietnamese. The Atlantic Monthly Press subsequently published a revised version of the thesis in 1986 as The Perfect War: Technowar in Vietnam. While writing The Perfect War in the early and mid-1980s Gibson began to study the cultural and political traumas caused by America’s defeat in Vietnam. He began to search the emerging paramilitary culture, where men fantasized themselves as warriors fighting outside the corrupt establishment to restore the country’s sense of virtue, power, and masculinity. With fellowships from the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and Cornell University’s Society for the Humanities, Gibson wrote Warrior Dream: Paramilitary Culture in Post-Vietnam America. The book received considerable attention after the Oklahoma City bombing in April 1995. Gibson subsequently became a consultant to the U.S. Army Special Operations Command. He continues to study changes in America’s war culture, publishing essays in several edited collections, op-eds in the Los Angeles Times, and book reviews for The Washington Post and The Dallas Morning News. More
Washington, DC: National Defense University, 1989. First Printing. 23 cm, 203, wraps, some wear and soiling to covers. More
Atglen, PA: Schiffer Pub. c1995. First? Edition. First? Printing. 29 cm, 283, illus. (some color). Foreword by Senator John H. Glenn. More