Livermore, CA: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 2008. Draft. Folder with visit agenda and some presentation material clipped in. Approximately 40 pages in a red, stiff card folder. This packet includes: Draft Agenda for a half day visit with partial attendees list. Copy of an e-mail that identifies who would attend the working lunch with Secretary Bodman, who would be on the NIF tour, who would attend the NIF Path Forward Briefing, and who would attend the Seismic Simulation Briefing. Then there is a one page sheet on The National Ignition Facility. An article from SciDac Review Fall 2008 on Computational Predictions of Earthquake Ground Motions and the Response of Major Structures (pages 42-53), The last item is a hard copy vugraph presentation entitled Applications of High Performance Seismic Simulations to Enhance Proliferation Detection by David McCallen, Program Director for Nonproliferation at the laboratory. This 18 page presentation was marked Official Use Only with is understood to no longer apply due to the passage of time and the information entering the public domain. This type of official visit material, especially in draft from, is extremely ephemeral and seldom survives past the completion of the planned event. More

Morrisville, NC: Ronald G. Goddard and Lulu Publishing Services, 2017. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. xv, [1], 407, [3] pages. Maps. Photographs. Minor cover wear noted. Signed with sentiment on fep. Postcard and business card promotional material laid in. Ronald G. Goddard grew up seeing Hollywood movies that showed American troops boarding ships and going off to World War II with bands playing and well-wishers swarming docks to give soldiers rousing sendoffs. But when his troop transport ship left San Diego Harbor for Vietnam in March 1967, there were no patriotic farewells. It would be a chilling wake-up call for Goddard and his fellow marines of Golf Company, 2nd Platoon, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines. He shares an accurate account of their experiences in this autobiography. From being issued an M16 rifle that jammed to being baptized in a blaze of fire on the front lines, he reveals what he learned about fighting the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Regular Army troops in the rice paddies and jungles from DaNang to the DMZ. At nineteen years old, Goddard was a corporal leading squad sized patrols. More

Washington DC: National Nuclear Security Administration, Office of Defense Programs, 2004. Presumed First thus. hard copy vugraphs, disbound, held by binder clip. 25 page hard copy vugraph briefing slides, held together by a binder clip. Illustrations (most with color). This briefing describes the program at the Nevada Test Site and the weapons laboratories. It addressed maintaining critical personnel, equipment and infrastructure. There was an emphasis on long-lead activities and activities needed to be conducted in parallel. Key elements included experimental programs, especially subcritical experiments which be definition had no nuclear yield and were not nuclear tests. Jerald S. Paul (born 1966 in Lancaster, Ohio) previously served as the Principal Deputy Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration at the U.S. Department of Energy. He was nominated by President George W. Bush and was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in July 2004. He oversaw all of this agency's nuclear nonproliferation programs with the principal responsibility of preventing the spread of nuclear materials, technology and expertise. In June 2006 Paul stepped down from this position to return to his law practice. Jerald Paul previously served as a Representative in the House of Representatives of the U.S. state of Florida. He attended the University of Florida, and received his Juris Doctorate from the Stetson University. Copies of these informational briefings for senior Senate Confirmed Presidential Appointees rarely survive the period the appointee remains in office. More

Livermore, CA: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 2005. Presumed First thus. Three Ring Binder. The binder includes Welcome Presentation to the JASON Review Committee by George Miller, NIF Associate Director, The National Ignition Facility: Ignition Program Overview by Edward Moses, NIF Ignition Physics Program by John Lindl, CEA target design for the LMJ by P. A. Holstein, NIF Laser Performance Status by Chris Haynam, Fabrication of NIF Ignition Targets, Production of NIF Ignition Targets by Abbas Nikroo, Status of Cryogenic Layering for NIF Ignition Targets, by J. D. Moody, The LASNEX and HYDRA ICF design codes (subset of unclassified viewgraphs) by Marty Marinak, Target Design and Implosions by Steve Haan, Los Alamos work toward the ignition point design by Doug Wilson, Experimental Plan Overview by Bruce Hammel, Fill Tubes by John Edwards, Shock Timing by David Meyerhofer, Hohlraum Energetics by Siegfried Glenzer, Present Understanding and Way Forward on Laser-Plasma Instability (LPI) Research: The LANL Perspective by Juan Fernandez, Progress Toward a Predictive Capability for Modeling Laser-Plasma Interactions by D. E. Hinkel, Hohlraum Symmetry by Otto Landen, 2w Physics by Larry Suter, NIF Cryogenic Target System (NCTS) by Jeff Williams and Target Diagnostics for Ignition by Brian MacGowan. Very few of these presentation to JASON study groups survive after the completion of the JASONs' review. This binder contains a plethora of substantive information in viewgraph form. 6 page listing of 51 Response to Recommendations dated 9/10/2008 inserted into pocket on the inside of the front of the binder. More

Washington DC: National Nuclear Security Administration, 2011. Presumed First thus. Three Ring Binder. Includes sections on LANL (ICF), LLNL (ICF), SNL (ICF), LANL (ICF), LLNL (SC), NNSS (SC), and SNL (SC). Includes information on ICF, Ignition, Diagnostics, Facility Operations, Pulsed Power, Science Campaign, Primary Assessment Technologies, Dynamic Materials Properties, Advanced Radiography, Secondary Assessment Technologies, and Advanced Certification. Some of the cost breakdown is by: Chargebacks, Purchases, Travel, Labor, Equipment, Training, Subcontracts, Other Direct Costs, Material, Institutional costs, Service Center, and Overheads. This is a rare snapshot into the range of expenditures and the monthly progression of expenditures. More

Washington DC: National Nuclear Security Administration, Office of Defense Programs, 2006. Presumed First thus. Three Ring Binder. This binder has seven tabs, five with information. After a table of contents, the tabs are: Agenda, Attendee Listing, NA-11 Opening Comments, Draft QMU Business Operating Procedure (missing), Definition of Terms, QMU Site Differences (missing), and White Paper on "National Certification Methodology for the Nuclear Weapon Stockpile" . The White Paper is 8 pages, with color illustrations. The Table of Contents has the name Deeny [sic Deeney] written in the upper right corner. This is believe to have been the copy of a Dr. Christopher Deeny, then a senior executive in the office of Assistant Deputy Administrator for Research, Development and Simulation, NA-11. He later rose to the Assistant Deputy Administrator position. The agenda included assessments of QMU Methodologies at each lab, a W76 Nuclear example, a W80 example, QMU differences between sites, QMU Inconsistencies, and a Path Forward discussion. There are 30 attendees listed, from Sandia, Los Alamos, Livermore, Argonne, DOE Office of Science, and NNSA. The NA-11 Opening Comments is a nine vugraph presentation that addressed workshop purpose, goals, description, history, external interest, and (desired) outcome. The White Paper was authored by Bruce T. Goodwin, then of Livermore and Raymond Juzaitis, then of Los Alamos (later head of the LLC that operated the Nevada National Security Site. This is a rare surviving snapshot of the U.S. Weapons Program development and assessment of Quantification of Margins and Uncertainties in the context of the U.S. Nuclear Weapons Program absent underground testing. More

Northvale, New Jersey: Jason Aronson Inc., 1997. First Printing [Stated]. Trade paperback. xii, 351, [5] pages. Footnotes. Includes Introduction, Notes on Contributors, and Index. Topics covered include Tikkun Olam; Tikkum Olam: Jewish Obligations to Non-Jewish Society; The Obligation of Jews to Seek Observance of Noahide Laws for Gentiles: A Theoretical Review; A Religious Context for Jewish Political Activity; Jews and Public Morality; Liberal Theory and Jewish Politics; A Comment on Tikkun Olam and Political Activity; A View of Tikkun Olam from Capitol Hill; Social Responsibilities of the Jewish Individual; Aspects of the Ideology of Capitalism and Judaism; and Health Care and Tikkun Olam. This is one of The Orthodox Forum Series, A Project of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, An Affiliate of Yeshiva University. Professor David Shatz is the Ronald P. Stanton University Professor of Philosophy, Ethics, and Religious Thought, editor of The Torah u-Madda Journal, and editor of the MeOtzar HoRav series, devoted to publishing manuscripts of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik. After graduating as valedictorian of Yeshiva College, Professor Shatz was ordained at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary and earned his Ph.D. with distinction in general philosophy from Columbia University. He has edited, co-edited, or authored 16 books and over 90 articles and reviews on general and Jewish philosophy. His work in general philosophy focuses on the theory of knowledge, free will, ethics, and the philosophy of religion, while his work in Jewish philosophy focuses on Jewish ethics, Maimonides, Judaism and science, and twentieth century rabbinic figures. More

Kendel, Cumbria: World Ship Society, 1982. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Pamphlet. 72 pages. Illustrations. Small ink mark on rear cover. Includes Foreword, Notes, Acknowledgments and Sources, Index of Ships, and General Index. Topics covered include The Royal Navy and the Irish Free State; Termination of the Treaty Ports; Maritime Eire; The Naval Service; and Ship List (Patrol Vessels, Training Schooner, Mine Planter, Motor Torpedo Boats, Corvettes, Coastal Minesweepers, Training and Supply Ship, Offshore Patrol Vessels, and New Construction OPV. Appendix A is the Department of Defence Fleet. Appendix B are Flags of the Irish Naval Service. Appendix C is Uniform/Rank Structure/Insignia. The principal aim of this work is to cover the development of the Irish Naval service and to detail its ships. However, in doing so it has been necessary to describe in some depth the political and military background of the pre-Naval Service days. More

New York, N.Y. Harper & Row, Publishers, 1962. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. [10], 257, [3] pages. DJ has wear, soiling, tears and chips. Illustrated endpaper. Inscribed and signed by the author, facing the title page. Inscription reads: For Mrs. O'Donnell with every blessing. Ernest Gordon, Princeton, June 6, 1972. Chapters include The Death House; Soldiers at Sea; Our Hosts; The Valley of Death; Miracle by the River Kwai; For Thou Art with Me; Church Without Walls; Christmas day, 1943; On from Chungkai; The last Trek; Through the Valley; ...and After. Also includes Acknowledgments. There is a 24-page Black and White Picture Section between pages 119 and 134. This is the story of a great spiritual adventure told for the first time by one who experienced the horrors of the Japanese prisoner-of-war camp by the River Kwai and survived. Ernest Gordon was a skeptic who, in the hour of decision, when reason alone had failed, found his life's answer in the Christian faith. He was called to the ministry in the "Church Without Walls" in the death camp by the River Kwai. Ernest Gordon (31 May 1916 – 16 January 2002) was the former Presbyterian dean of the chapel at Princeton University. As an officer in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Gordon spent three years in a Japanese prisoner of war (POW) camp during the Second World War. He chronicled his experiences on the Death Railway in his book Through the Valley of the Kwai. The book served as an inspiration to the film To End All Wars, where he was portrayed by actor Ciarán McMenamin. More

Leesburg, Virginia: Gauley Mount Press, 1993. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. 400 pages. Endpaper map. Bibliography. Index. Signed by the author on the title page. Includes Introduction, Bibliography, and Index. Chapters cover The Silent Rider; Setting the Stage For Tragedy; The Kanawha Valley Campaigns, Fort Donelson, An Angry Man, The Tough Tear--1864, Defending Lynchburg, Raid on Washington, Chambersburg Raid, Moorefield, The Last Months, Toward Appomattox and the End, and Flight. Also contains a photograph of John McCausland on page ii, as well as several black and white maps in the text. David L. Phillips, an expert in human rights, humanitarian action, conflict prevention, and diplomacy, has international expertise in regions such as the Middle East and the Balkans. Phillips is also the author of several books on the U.S. Civil War and on international diplomacy. In his 2005 book, Losing Iraq: Inside the Postwar Reconstruction Fiasco, Phillips draws from his experience as U.S. Department of State senior policy advisor to President George W. Bush to describe the U.S. involvement in the Iraq War, which began with the invasion of that country in 2003. This is a biography of John McCausland from western Virginia, teaching assistant in math and artillery tactics under Stonewall Jackson at VMI - He had a bounty on his head long after the war was ended. More

New York: Wilfred Funk, Inc., 1961. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. 252, appendix, bibliography, DJ soiled, DJ edges worn and small tears/chips. The original edition was published in 1940; this edition contains a new foreword by Henry R. Luce. John F. Kennedy originally wrote this book as his senior thesis at Harvard. He explores the short-term weaknesses of a democratic and capitalistic system, facing a totalitarian power, under the requirements of modern warfare. More

Mason, IL: Ronald G. Goddard and Lulu Publishing Services, 2017. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xv, [1], 407, [1] pages. Maps. Photographs. Post card and business card promotional material laid in. Minor DJ wear noted. Ronald G. Goddard grew up seeing Hollywood movies that showed American troops boarding ships and going off to World War II with bands playing and well-wishers swarming docks to give soldiers rousing sendoffs. But when his troop transport ship left San Diego Harbor for Vietnam in March 1967, there were no patriotic farewells. It would be a chilling wake-up call for Goddard and his fellow marines of Golf Company, 2nd Platoon, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines. He shares an accurate account of their experiences in this autobiography. From being issued an M16 rifle that jammed to being baptized in a blaze of fire on the front lines, he reveals what he learned about fighting the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Regular Army troops in the rice paddies and jungles from DaNang to the DMZ. At nineteen years old, Goddard was a corporal leading squad sized patrols. More