China's Air Force Enters the 21st Century
Santa Monica, CA: Rand, 1995. First? Edition. First? Printing. 23 cm, 249, wraps, illus., maps, references, some wear and soiling to covers, pencil erasure on title page. More
Santa Monica, CA: Rand, 1995. First? Edition. First? Printing. 23 cm, 249, wraps, illus., maps, references, some wear and soiling to covers, pencil erasure on title page. More
New York: Plenum Press, c1992. First? Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 244, illus., references, index, usual library markings, DJ in plastic sleeve, DJ pasted to bds, pencil erasure on fr endpaper. More
New York: Foreign Policy Association, c1986. 20 cm, 62, wraps, illus., some wear and soiling to covers, pencil erasure on table of contents, mailing label on rear cover. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1965. American Edition. Presumed first printing thus. Hardcover. ix, [5], 265, [9] pages. Footnotes. DJ has some wear and soiling. Includes Preface to the American Edition, as well as chapters on Fifteen Years of Technological Revolution, 1945-60; The Strategic Theory Takes Shape; Europe and the McNamara Doctrine; The Independent French Deterent; The Future of the Atlantic Alliance; Logic and Paradoxes of the Strategic Theory; and Final Considerations. This book grew out of a course on the influence of nuclear weapons on international relations that Raymond Aron taught at the Institut d"etudes politiques in 1962-63. The book ends with a chapter on Final Considerations. In that final chapter the author tries to look ahead to four variables governing the future of the game of deterrence: The number of countries possessing atomic or thermonuclear weapons; The qualitative arms race, the possible political developments, involving either a realignment of nations, and the consistency or inconsistency of strategic doctrines. Originally written to explain the U.S. position to the French, the book is equally valuable for explaining it to Americans. Finally, and perhaps most vital ,Aron points out where Americans and Europeans have misinterpreted each other's views, and separates the unnecessary confusion from the real issues at stake for the Western allies. More
Santa Monica, CA: RAND National Defense Research Institute, 2001. Presumed First Edition/First Printing. Trade paperback. xiv, 375, [3] pages. Footnotes. John Arquilla (born 1954) is an American analyst and academic of international relations. From 1989 Arquilla also worked as analyst for RAND. In 1993 he joined the faculty of the US Naval Postgraduate School, where he has since taught courses in national security affairs and defense analysis, while keeping his post at Rand till 2003. Arquilla worked as a consultant to General Norman Schwarzkopf during Operation Desert Storm (1991), as part of a group of RAND analysts assigned to him. During the Kosovo War (1998-1999) he assisted United States Deputy Secretary of Defense John Hamre on international information strategy. During the George W. Bush administration, Arquilla was one of many advisors to former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (in office 2001-2006), who like Arquilla is an admirer of Andrew Marshall's RMA (Revolution in Military Affairs). David F. Ronfeldt spent 30+ years at RAND. He has worked mainly on ideas about information-age modes of conflict (e.g., cyberwar, netwar, swarming) and principles for cooperation (e.g., guarded openness, noopolitik). He is a co-author (mainly with John Arquilla) of In Athena’s Camp: Preparing for Conflict in the Information Age (1997), The Zapatista Social Netwar in Mexico (1998), Countering the New Terrorism (1998), The Emergence of Noopolitik: Toward an American Information Strategy (1999), Swarming and the Future of Conflict (2000), and Networks and Netwars: The Future of Terror, Crime, and Militancy (2001). More
Boston, MA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c1987. First Edition. First Printing. 24 cm, 362, illus., usual library markings. More
Boston, MA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c1987. First Edition. First Printing. 24 cm, 362, illus., stamp and pencil erasure residue on front endpaper. More
Boston, MA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c1987. First Edition. First Printing. 24 cm, 362, illus. More
Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. National Defense University Press, 1996. Trade paperback. xii, 224 p. : ill. (some col. ), col. maps; 28 cm. More
New York: Orion Books, 1991. First Edition. First? Printing. 96, wraps, profusely illus., some wear and soiling to covers. More
Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1973. First Midland Edition [stated]. Second Printing [stated]. Revised and Enlarged Edition. Trade paperback. 320 pages. Bibliography and Name and Weapon Index. Cover has some wear and soiling. Includes Introduction, as well as chapters on Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Also includes The Impact of Gunpowder, War and Science in the 17th Century; The 18th Century and Napoleonic Wars; The 19th Century; World War One, the Use and Non-Use of Science; World War Two; The Nuclear Revolution; Operations and Systems Analysis, the Science of Strategic Choice; and Recent Weaponry Changes (1962--1972). This is a comprehensive history of weapons from Archimedes' catapult down to MIRV and the ABM, as well as a thoughtful examination of the application of science to warfare and its effects on military strategy. Although the authors do not overlook the contributions of craftsmen and intuitive inventors, their chief emphasis is on the advances wrought by scientists and hence on the events of the last two centuries. An extensive new chapter brings the reader up to date on guided missiles, antiballistic systems, nuclear-powered weaponry born of the wish to "put the nuclear genie back into the bottle." With exhaustive research and lucid exposition, the Brodies have produced a classic in the field of military history that can be understood and enjoyed by the general reader. More
Lincoln, NE: Potomac Books [An imprint of the University of Nebraska Press], 2018. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xx, [2], 246, [4] pages. DJ has some wear, tears, and soiling. Foreword by Stanley McCrystal. Notes. Contributors. Maximillian Michael Brooks (born May 22, 1972) is an American actor and author. He is the son of comedy filmmaker Mel Brooks and actress Anne Bancroft. He is a senior fellow at the Modern War Institute at West Point, New York. John Amble is the editorial director of the Modern War Institute at West Point and co-director of the Urban Warfare Project. He is also a military intelligence officer in the US Army Reserve and a veteran of both Iraq and Afghanistan. He holds a BA from the University of Minnesota and an MA in Intelligence and International Security from King’s College London, and has conducted Ph.D. research within the Institute of Middle Eastern Studies at King’s College London. His work has appeared in academic journals and books published by the academic press. He is the co-editor of Strategy Strikes Back: How Star Wars Explains Modern Military Conflict. Lieutenant Colonel ML (Matt) Cavanaugh, Ph.D., is an active duty US Army Strategist with experience in 11 countries and assignments ranging from Iraq to the Pentagon and Korea to New Zealand. He has recently been named a Professor of Practice with the Arizona State University School of Politics & Global Studies, and is a co-founder of and a Senior Fellow with the Modern War Institute at West Point. Jaym Gates is an author and editor whose focus ranges from futurism consulting to disaster response. More
Warren, MI: Squadron/Signal Publications, 1978. Updated/Rev. Edition. 159, wraps, illus. (some in color), covers worn and soiled, small creases to front cover, minor edge tears at back. More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard Alumni Bulletin, 1925. 16 cm, 108, endpapers and edges discolored and soiled, "compliments of the publishers" card laid in. More
Washington DC: American Industry and Labor for the SST, 1971. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Trade paperback. [6], 103, [1] pages. Footnotes. Illustration. Tables. Stamp on the title page. Inscribed by the author Chatham on the title page. Cover has some wear and soiling. This work is a study by the Science Policy Research Division, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, made at the request of Senator Henry M. Jackson (D) Washington. George Chatham was a specialist in Aeronautics and Space with the Congressional Research Service. He published in several fields, held 25 U.S. and Foreign patents, and had received national honors for mechanical design. Dr. Franklin Huddle was a Specialist in Science and Technology with the Congressional Research Service and was a nationally recognized authority on materials and on National Materials Policy. He had previously worked for Hughes Aircraft Company. More
Washington, DC: Pergamon-Brassey's Intern'l. c1989. 24 cm, 286, applendix, glossary, some soiling to DJ. Foreword by Senator Sam Nunn. More
New York: Berkley Books, 1998. First pbk. printing [stated]. Mass-market paperback. 353 p. More
New York: Berkley Books, 1996. First Printing. pocket paperbk, 500, wraps In the newly unified Germany, old horrors are reborn. It is the beginning of Chaos Days, a time when neo-Nazi groups gather to spread violence and resurrect dead dreams. But this year Germany isn't the only target. Plans are afoot to destabilize Europe and cause turmoil throughout the United States. Paul Hood and his team, already in Germany to buy technology for the new Regional Op-Center, become entangled in the crisis. More
Carlisle, PA: U. S. Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute/Army War College Press, 2013. Presumed first edition/first printing. Trade paperback. viii, 440 pages. Endnotes. Cover has slight wear and soiling. Foreword by Thomas Schelling. What is strategic stability and why is it important? This edited collection offers the most current authoritative survey of this topic, which is central to U.S. strategy in the field of nuclear weapons and great power relations. A variety of authors and leading experts in the field of strategic issues and regional studies offer both theoretical and practical insights into the basic concepts associated with strategic stability, what implications these have for the United States, as well as key regions such as the Middle East, and perspectives on strategic stability in Russia and China. Readers will develop a deeper and more developed understanding of this consent from this engaging and informative work. More
Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1991. Reprint. Trade paperback. xvi, 471, [1] p. Maps. Tables. FIgures. Notes. Sources and Methods. Bibliography. Index. More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000. 1st St Martins Edition. First Printing. 374, wraps, tables, appendix, recommended reading, index, corners of a few pages bent, slight wear to cover edges. More
New York: Morrow, c1990. First Edition. Second Printing. 25 cm, 464. More
Edgware, Middlesex, England: Almark Publications, 1969. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24, wraps, illus. (some in color), diagrams, covers worn and soiled, clear adhesive covering on covers. More
Basic Books, 1990. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. x, 262 p. Illustrations. Notes. Index. More
New York: Praeger Publishers, [1972]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 25 cm, 102, index, some wear and soiling to boards, publisher's ephemera laid in. More