National Defense: Volume LXVI, Number 375, February 1982; Journal of the American Defense Preparedness Association

Arlington, VA: American Defense Preparedness Association, 1982. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Periodical. 29 cm. 69, [3] pages (including covers). Wraps. Illustrations (some in color). Mailing label removed from front cover. The National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) [Formerly the American Defense Preparedness Association] is an association for the United States government and the defense industry. Based in Arlington, Virginia, NDIA was established in 1919 as a result of the inability of the defense industry to scale up the war effort during World War I. It connects government officials, military and industry professionals, and organizations that represent the branches of the armed forces, homeland security, and first responders. The NDIA publishes a magazine, the National Defense, and holds over 80 symposia a year. Articles in this issue address Aircrew Training, Theater Nuclear Force, NATO, Modernization, The Quest for 100 Per Cent Simulation, Soviet Force Development, Industrial Productivity, and the Rapid Deployment Force. The article on the Rapid Deployment Force was by Edgar O'Ballance (17 July 1918– 8 July 2009. He) was a British military journalist, researcher, defence commentator and academic lecturer specializing in international relations and defence problems. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Sherwood Foresters on 19 January 1941. He served in the British army until 1948. In July 1965 he was awarded the Territorial Efficiency Decoration. He worked as a journalist for a US Wire Agency from 1948 to 1962, and was thereafter a freelance journalist. He covered over twenty wars and insurgencies and wrote extensively on defence and strategic problems. He was a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies. He wrote many articles for military journals and authored of over forty books. Condition: Good.

Keywords: Periodicals, Soviet Forces, Charles Whitney, Alex Gliksman, James Hansen, Edgar O'Ballance, Warde Wheaton, Foreign Military Developments.

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