It's Your Ship: Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy
New York: Warner Books, 2002. Reprint. Later printing. Hardcover. viii, 212 p. Signed by the author. More
New York: Warner Books, 2002. Reprint. Later printing. Hardcover. viii, 212 p. Signed by the author. More
Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute U. S. Army War College, 2009. Presumed first edition/first printing. Trade paperback. x, 110 p. Endnotes. BibliographyThis is one of the Letort Papers. More
Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1993. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. xviii, 3411, [1]p. Illustrations. Index. More
Washington DC: Center for Strategic and International Studies, 2011. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. vii, [1], 34, [2] pages. Oversized volume, measuring 11 inches by 8-12 inches. Minor cover soiling noted. Includes Executive Summary; Introduction; The Value and Objectives of U.S.-Russian Arms Control; The Next Round: Contrasting U.S. and Russian Objectives; A Way Forward; Getting the Process Right; U.S. Nuclear Weapons and Stockpile Management; Conclusions; and Appendix: Warhead Verification. While Russia's primary goal is to curtail U.S. nonnuclear capabilities, in particular ballistic missile defense and conventional prompt global strike, Washington's interests lie with Russian nuclear weapons. Russia's strategic forces remain one of the few truly existential threats faced by the United States. Consequently, it is firmly in the U.S. national interest to try to bolster strategic stability through arms control. More
Santa Barbara: Praeger, 2010. Fifth printing [stated]. Hardcover. xvii, [1], 171, [3] pages. Illustrations. Notes. Index. Inscribed on fep with signatures of both authors. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Mary Adams is a co-founder of I-Capital Advisors and Trek Consulting. She is one of the leading U.S. experts on intangible capital and is the author of the Smarter Companies blog. In 2006, Mary created the IC Knowledge Center, a site that today is home to a global community of IC thought leaders. Prior to starting her consulting business, she had a fifteen-year career as a high-risk lender at Citicorp and Sanwa Business Credit. Mary Adams helps managers optimize their organizations to excel in the global knowledge economy. She is one of the leading US experts on intangible capital. Michael Oleksak is a co-founder of Trek Consulting and the Exit Planning Exchange. He has been a trusted advisor to countless owner/managers of middle market businesses. Intangible Capital: Putting Knowledge to Work in the 21st Century Organization explains the approaches that have helped Michael's clients adapt to the knowledge era. Prior to co-founding Trek in 2002, Michael built a Latin American business for the PORTIA group at Thomson Financial. He began his career as a VP and commercial lending officer for Bank of Boston. Michael and his co-author, Mary Adams, met in the Dominican Republic in 1984 while working for U.S. banks and later transferred to Los Angeles. More
Indianapolis: Cisco Press, 2000. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xxiv, 450, [8] pages. Illustrations. References. Glossary. Minor wear and soiling to cover. No DJ present. Inscribed by the author on the fep. Inscription reads To Derrick Frost, with best wishes Michael Adams. This work is a part of the Cisco Press Core Series that offers networking professional valuable information for construction efficient networks, understanding new technologies, and building successful careers. This is a seminal work that presents in both overview and in detail major aspects of OpenCable architecture it was practiced at the beginning of the Twenty-first century. As such it represents the state of knowledge, the state of practice, and the then state-of-the-art and contains information that, due to the ever advancing frontiers of knowledge, is not readily available in the current literature. Michael Adams is the principal network architect for Time Warner Cable, responsible for all aspects of networking in the Pegasus Digital Program. He has served as the co-chair of the JEC Digital Standards Sub-Committee and as chair of the Working Group 3 for the SCTE Digital Video Standards Committee. He is one of the primary architects of the OpenCable initiative, the co-author of the point-of-deployment module interface (OCI-C2) specification, and the primary author of the network interface (OCI-N) specification. He is a founding member of the OpenCable Technical Team. More
London: Longman, 1975. Presumed first edition/first printing. Hardcover. xi, 193 pages. Footnotes. Index. DJ work, torn, soiled, and chipped. Minor soiling to edges. More
New York: Council on Foreign Relations, 1988. First? Edition. First? Printing. 23 cm, 245, bibliography, index, pencil erasure on front endpaper, DJ slightly soiled and slight edge wear. More
New York: Random House, 1987. First edition. Stated. Hardcover. 227, [2] p. DJ is price clipped. Here the acclaimed Russian emigre novelist Vassily Aksyonov offers an exuberant chronicle of his encounters with life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, as he makes the United States his home. One of the leading Soviet writers of his generation--and one of the most popular--Aksyonov captured the spirit of Russia's Western-oriented youth in the sixties and their celebration of American culture. In 1980, he was forced to emigrate when his masterwork, The Burn, was published in the West. Now he compares America in the flesh to the mythical America of the Russian imagination. He follows American politics, offering hilarious commentary on presidential campaigns, teaches Russian literature to "The children of suburbia," scorns the bohemian life in New York, becomes an avid Redskins fan, and relishes the European charm and pointed contradictions of life in the nation's capital, where he and his wife finally hang their hats. Most of all, however, Aksyonov celebrates the endless variety of American life, and through his eyes, even the "notoriously checked trousers and flower-laden hats" of the elderly become signs of vibrancy rather than bad taste. As Aksyonov is "sucked into the great big wonderful world of American provincialism," we learn a great deal about Russian preconceptions--and a great deal about ourselves. More
New York, N.Y. Random House, 1987. First Edition [stated]. Hardcover. [8], 277, [5] pages. Illustrated chapter numbers. A few musical notes at the end. Includes Preface. This copy is inscribed on the fep to Jim Thifale [?]with very best wishes of V. Aksyonov. Here the acclaimed Russian emigre novelist Vassily Aksyonov offers an exuberant chronicle of his encounters with life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, as he makes the United States his home. One of the leading Soviet writers of his generation--and one of the most popular--Aksyonov captured the spirit of Russia's Western-oriented youth in the sixties and their celebration of American culture. In 1980, he was forced to emigrate when his masterwork, The Burn, was published in the West. Now he compares America in the flesh to the mythical America of the Russian imagination. He follows American politics, offering hilarious commentary on presidential campaigns, teaches Russian literature to "The children of suburbia," scorns the bohemian life in New York, becomes an avid Redskins fan, and relishes the European charm and pointed contradictions of life in the nation's capital, where he and his wife finally hang their hats. Most of all, however, Aksyonov celebrates the endless variety of American life, and through his eyes, even the "notoriously checked trousers and flower-laden hats" of the elderly become signs of vibrancy rather than bad taste. As Aksyonov is "sucked into the great big wonderful world of American provincialism," we learn a great deal about Russian preconceptions--and a great deal about ourselves. More
Boston, MA: South End Press, 1983. First edition. First Edition [stated]. First printing [stated]. Trade paperback. Glued binding. [6], 365, [5] p. More
Boston, MA: South End Press, 1983. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Trade paperback. [6], 365, [5] pages. David T. Dellinger (August 22, 1915 – May 25, 2004) was an influential American radical pacifist and an activist for nonviolent social change. He achieved peak notoriety as one of the Chicago Seven, who were put on trial in 1968. For his lifelong commitment to pacifist values and for serving as a spokesperson for the peace movement, Dellinger was awarded the Peace Abbey Courage of Conscience on September 26, 1992. Michael Albert (born April 8, 1947) is an American activist, economist, speaker, and writer. Since the late 1970s he has been involved with publishing left wing literature. He is known for helping to develop the socioeconomic theory of participatory economics. Albert founded South End Press in 1977 along with Lydia Sargent, Juliet Schor, among others. More
Livermore, CA: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 2022. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. Format is approximately 6 inches by 9 inches. [2], 68, [4] pages. Footnotes. Tabular data. Livermore Papers on Global Security No. 10. Michael Albertson is deputy director of the Center for Global Security Research at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Prior to his current position at CGSR, he served for 16 years in the federal government handling a wide variety of deterrence and arms control-related portfolios for various organizations. From November 2018 to September 2020 he was a senior policy advisor in the Office of the Secretary of Defense in the Office of Nuclear and Missile Defense Policy, facilitating extended deterrence dialogues with NATO and Asian allies. Mr. Albertson worked as a team lead in the Department of State’s Office of Strategic Stability and Deterrence Affairs from 2015 to 2018 on Russian strategic nuclear arms control issues including implementation and compliance of the INF Treaty and New START Treaties. He served from 2013 to 2014 on the National Security Council Staff covering Russian military-security issues; from 2010 to 2012 as a policy advisor to the senior advisor for Arms Control and Strategic Stability to the Under Secretary of Defense (Policy) participating in the negotiation, ratification, and implementation of the New START Treaty; and from 2004 to 2010 as an intelligence analyst and then senior intelligence analyst in the Department of Defense studying Russian military capabilities and doctrine. He holds a M.S. in strategic intelligence from the National Defense Intelligence College, and an M.A. in security policy studies from George Washington University. More
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1957. First U.K.? Edition. 23 cm, 215, illus., color frontis illus., maps, footnotes, bibliography, boards somewhat worn and soiled. More
Ardsley, NY: Transnational Publishers, Inc., 2001. Presumed first edition/first printing. Trade paperback. ix, 61 and variously paginated additional material (approximately 100 pages total). Illustrations. More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1959. 251, index, ink notes ins fr flylf, ink & pencil underlining & notes throughout text, DJ worn: sm tears, sm pcs missing, lg tear sp. More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1959. Sixth Printing. 251, index, large glue stain ins rear flylf, discoloration ins bds & DJ flaps, library stamps, DJ somewhat soiled & edges worn. More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1959. 251, index, part of DJ flap cut out and pasted ins fr flylf, library bookplate, barcode, & stamp, lib call # on spine, bds scuffed The author was formerly director of public education for the Brookhaven Laboratory, a peacetime Atomic Energy Commission research center, and a consultant to the U.S. Air Force Air Research and Development Command. This work chronicles the decision to drop the bomb from the time President Truman was informed--116 days before Hiroshima. The final chapter is entitled "Conscience and Questions." More
New York: Putnam, [1964]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 283, footnotes, index, DJ worn, soiled, chipped, and edge tears, pencil erasure on front endpaper. More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1964. Presumed first edition/first printing. Hardcover. 283 pages. 22 cm. Chronology. Index. Signed by author. DJ has some wear and soiling, edge tears (some repaired with tape) and chips. Loose pages reglued in. More
Lynchburg, VA: H. E. Howard, c1990. 1st, Limited Edition. Hardcover. 24 cm, 124 pages. Illus., maps, pencil erasure and raised stamp on front endpaper. Copy #479 of 1, 000, signed by the author. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. xxii, 371 p. Occasional footnotes. Illustrations. Notes. Index. More
Washington, DC: Brassey's, Inc., 2004. First Edition. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. 307 pages. Notes, bibliography, index. Inscribed by the author (signed with his real name). More
Washington, DC: Brassey's, Inc., 2004. First Edition. Second Printing. Hardcover. xxi, [1], 309, [5] pages. Notes. Select Bibliography. Index. The author is a senior U.S. intelligence official. The book is a scathing critique of the Bush administration's policies since 9/11. Michael F. Scheuer (born 1952) is an American former intelligence officer for the Central Intelligence Agency, author, commentator and former adjunct professor at Georgetown University's Center for Peace and Security Studies. One assignment during his 22-year career was serving as Chief of the Bin Laden Issue Station (the Osama bin Laden tracking unit at the Counterterrorism Center, known as "Alec Station") from 1996 to 1999. He also served as Special Advisor to the Chief of Alec Station from September 2001 to November 2004. Scheuer became a public figure after being outed as the author of the book Imperial Hubris, in which he criticized many of the United States' assumptions about Islamist insurgencies and particularly Osama bin Laden. Later in 2004, Scheuer resigned from the CIA. Scheuer depicted bin Laden as a rational actor who was fighting to weaken the United States by weakening its economy, rather than merely killing Americans. Scheuer challenges the assumption that terrorism is the threat facing the United States in the modern era, arguing rather that Islamist insurgency is the core of the conflict between the U.S. and Islamist forces, who in places such as Kashmir and Chechnya are "struggling not just for independence but against institutionalized barbarism." bin Laden acknowledged the book in a 2007 statement, suggesting that it revealed "the reasons for your losing the war against us" More
Farrar Straus Giroux, 1975. Hardcover. 293 p. Endpaper map. More