First Line of Defense: The U.S. Navy Since 1945
Stanford University, Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution Press, 1981. Presumed first edition/first printing. Hardcover. xvi, [16], 224 p. Maps. Illustrations. Tables. Figures. Notes. Selected Bibliography. Index. Hoover Press Publication, 237. The author was a research fellow at the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace. He retired from the U. S. Navy with the rank of Captain. Condition: Good in fair dust jacket. Ex-library. Usual library markings. Endpaper maps. Stamp on bottom edge. DJ has damp staining. Covers okay. Pencil erasure residue on fep.
Keywords: Sea Power, Cold War, Limited War, Vietnam War, Gorshkov, Arleigh Burke, Graham Claytor, Detente, Thomas Hayward, James Holloway, John Hyland, Thomas Moorer, Robert McNamara, Public Opinion, Zumwalt
ISBN: 9780817973711
[Book #68244]
Price: $20.00