Tides of War: Eco Disaster in the Gulf
London: Immel Pub. 1992. Second Printing. 26 cm, 192, illus. (some color), maps, reading list, index. More
London: Immel Pub. 1992. Second Printing. 26 cm, 192, illus. (some color), maps, reading list, index. More
Place_Pub: New York: Donald I. Fine, Inc., c1992. First Printing. 25 cm, 369, illus., appendix, index. More
Place_Pub: New York: Donald I. Fine, Inc., c1992. First Printing. 25 cm, 369, illus., appendix, index. Inscribed by the author. More
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, c1995. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. 24 cm, 386 pages. Illus. Presentation copy to Elizabeth Drew inscribed and signed by the author. More
London: Osprey, 1994. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. 64 pages. Map. Footnotes. Illustrations (some in full color). References. Charles D. Melson, Maj. USMC (Ret.) served in several critical operations throughout his entire military career. He extended overseas to remain with his regiment in Vietnam and was cited for achievement and combat action, and augmented meritoriously into the regular Marine Corps. In 1986, he served with the Marine Corps Historical Center and developed a volume of official history, U.S. Marine Operations in Vietnam, 1971-1973, among other significant research and historical documentation. Paul Hannon is based in London and is a highly experienced military artist who has produced artwork for several Osprey volumes, including Marine Recon, Resistance Warfare and The Royal Marines. In 1976 Maj. James Capers Jr. welcomed new men and their families into a force reconnaissance company. 'Only the most capable Marines are selected for this duty due to rigid mental and physical demands. A very thorough screening of each applicant is conducted … to test alertness and endurance. The result is a small elite unit with highly qualified Marines who are considered the best in the world'. Ex-Marine Charles D Melson examines the history, equipment and insignia of the Marine's amphibious and ground long-range patrol reconnaissance specialists in this volume which contains a wealth of photographs and 12 full page color plates by Paul Hannon. More
Reading, MA: Addison Wesley Publishing Company, 1992. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. [10], 195, [3] p. Notes. Index. More
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2009. Fourth Edition [stated]. First Printing [stated]. Hardcover. Format is approximately 8.75 inches by 11 inches. xvi, 405, [9] pages. Foreword by Senator John H. Glenn. Preface to the Fourth Edition. Appendix A and B. List of Acronyms. Notes. Recommended Reading. Index. Slightly cocked. Peter Mersky graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design and was commission through the Navy's Aviation Officer Candidate School in 1968. He served in various assignments on active duty and in the Naval Reserve, retiring as a commander in 1992. He worked in the Washington, DC area as an artist for a government agency for 13 years. He then worked as assistant editor and editor of Approach, the Navy and Marine Corps aviation safety magazine, for 16 years. He has been the book review editor for Naval Aviation News, the Navy’s oldest periodical, since 1982, reviewing more than 700 books. His reviews also appear in The Hook, Wings of Gold, and other magazines. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. 25 cm. 574, [2] pages. Maps. Notes. Index. Slight DJ wear and soiling. Signed by the author on second fep. Judith Miller (born January 2, 1948) is an American journalist and commentator. She worked in The New York Times' Washington bureau before joining Fox News. Miller became embroiled in controversy after her coverage of Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) program both before and after the 2003 invasion was discovered to have been based on the inaccurate information in the intelligence investigations, particularly those stories that were based on sourcing from the now-disgraced Ahmed Chalabi. The New York Times later determined that a number of stories she had written for the paper were inaccurate. Miller was involved in the Plame Affair, in which the status of Valerie Plame as a member of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) became widely known. When asked to name her sources, Miller invoked reporter's privilege and refused to reveal her sources in the Central Intelligence Agency leak and spent 85 days in jail protecting her source, Scooter Libby. Miller was forced to resign from her job at The New York Times in November 2005. Later, she was a contributor to the Fox News Channel. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1993. Second Printing. Hardcover. 336 pages. Illus., map, glossary, notes, index, slight wear to DJ edges, ink notation on fr flylf. Presentation copy signed by the author. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1993. First Printing. 336, illus., map, glossary, notes, index, slight wear to DJ edges. More
New York, NY: Berkley Books, 1994. First edition. First edition [stated]. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. xv, [1], 331, [5] p. Illustrations. Index. More
Regan Books, an Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2003. First edition. First edition [stated]. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. [12], 258 pages. Notes. Index. Signed by the author, and inscribed to Kojo Nnamdi, public radio personality in Washington, DC. More
Alexandria, VA: Chadwyck-Healey Ltd., 1995. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Brochure. Format is 25.5 inches by 11 inches, with three 8.5 by 11 inch panels printed on two sides, and third panel folded like a flap, with a detachable mail-in postcard Illustrations. This is a marketing brochure for the sale of copies of documents in the collection. Also includes a one sheet, printed on both sides, Overview of The National Security Archive and a four sheet (with printing on 7 of the 8 sides, on the Archive, including a Guide for Researchers. he National Security Archive combines a unique range of functions in one non-governmental, non-profit institution. The Archive is simultaneously a research institute on international affairs, a library and archive of declassified U.S. documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, a public interest law firm defending and expanding public access to government information through the FOIA, and an indexer and publisher of the documents in books, microfiche, an electronic formats. The Archive's budget comes from publication revenues and from private philanthropists such as the Carnegie Corporation, the John D., and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and the Ford Foundation. This research establishes a roadmap for future scholarship and "freezes" the documentary record with official requests for declassification before the normal governmental document destruction processes can diminish the historical record. The National Security Archive encourages all users of our facilities to become a Friend of the Archive and make a tax deductible contribution to help offset the costs of Operation. The complete microfiche document set sold for $4,200.00. More
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1992. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xxii, 233, [1] pages. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Inscribed by author and dated on fep. Patrick Jake O'Rourke (born November 14, 1947), known as P. J. O'Rourke, is an American political satirist and journalist. O'Rourke is the H. L. Mencken Research Fellow at the Cato Institute and is a correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly, The American Spectator, and The Weekly Standard, and a panelist on National Public Radio's game show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!. He has been a columnist at The Daily Beast. He is the author of 20 books, including Holidays in Hell, a compilation of O'Rourke's articles as a free-lance foreign correspondent and All the Trouble in the World, an examination of current political concerns such as global warming and famine from a libertarian perspective. The Forbes Media Guide Five Hundred, 1994 states: O'Rourke's original reporting, irreverent humor, and crackerjack writing makes for delectable reading. He never minces words or pulls his punches, whatever the subject. More
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2004. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xvii, [3], 197, [3] pages. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page. Inscription reads To Joe, Do not go in peace! P J O'Rourke June 22, 2004. Stamp of previous owner on fep. One of the nation's most controversial journalists and humorists offers another hard-hitting survey of the foibles of American foreign policy, recounting his experiences among consumers in Kuwait, in security obsessed airports around the globe, and in Kosovo, where "NATO tried to start World War III without hurting anyone." Patrick Jake O'Rourke (born November 14, 1947) is an American political satirist and journalist. O'Rourke is the H. L. Mencken Research Fellow at the libertarian Cato Institute and is a regular correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly, The American Spectator, and The Weekly Standard, and frequent panelist on National Public Radio's game show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! Since 2011, he has been a columnist at The Daily Beast. In the UK, he is known as the face of a long-running series of television advertisements for British Airways in the 1990s. He is the author of 20 books, the best known of which are Holidays in Hell, a compilation of O'Rourke's articles as a free-lance foreign correspondent, and All the Trouble in the World, an examination of current political concerns such as global warming and famine from a libertarian perspective. The Forbes Media Guide Five Hundred, 1994 states, "O'Rourke's original reporting, irreverent humor, and crackerjack writing makes for delectable reading. He never minces words or pulls his punches, whatever the subject." O'Rourke was a proponent of Gonzo journalism. More
Washington DC: The American University Press, 1993. Presumed First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. ix, [1], 186, [4] pages. Illustrations. Footnotes. Index. Ink notation on fep. DJ has slight wear, scratching and soiling. William Eldridge Odom (June 23, 1932 – May 30, 2008) was a retired U.S. Army 3-star general, and former Director of the NSA under President Ronald Reagan, which culminated a 31-year career in military intelligence, mainly specializing in matters relating to the Soviet Union. After his retirement from the military, he became a think tank policy expert and a university professor and became known for his outspoken criticism of the Iraq War and warrantless wiretapping of American citizens. In 1977, he was appointed as the military assistant to Zbigniew Brzezinski, the hawkish assistant for national security affairs to President Jimmy Carter. Among the primary issues he focused on were American-Soviet relations, including the SALT nuclear weapons talks, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the Iran hostage crisis, presidential directives on the situation in the Persian Gulf, terrorism and hijackings, and the executive order on telecommunications policy. From 2 November 1981 to 12 May 1985, Odom served as the Army's Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence. From 1985 to 1988, he served as the director of the National Security Agency under president Ronald Reagan. Odom was a Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute, where he specialized in military issues, intelligence, and international relations. He was an adjunct professor at Yale University and Georgetown University, where he taught courses in U.S. National Security Policy and Russian Politics. More
Boston, MA: Harvard Business School, 1992. First Printing. 248, illus., endpaper maps, notes, glossary, index, top corner front & rear boards bumped, some creasing to DJ edges. More
Boston, MA: Harvard Business School, 1994. First Paperbk Printing. 248, wraps, illus., notes, glossary, index, small stains in margins of a few pages, some wear to cover edges. More
1991: Westview Press, Boulder, CO. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. vii, [1], 163, [1] pages. Footnotes. Illustrations. Index. Errata slip pasted inside front cover. Some ink marks and underlining noted. Identifying the features of the emerging international security environment, the author focuses on the factors likely to distinguish it from the Cold War period. He then considers the effect of this new environment on the future role of missile defence in US and Soviet security policy. More
Carlisle Barracks, PA: U.S. Army War College, 1996. First? Edition. First? Printing. 23 cm, 28, wraps, map, references, errata slip laid in. Foreword by Richard H. Witherspoon. More
Place_Pub: Washington, DC: Georgetown University, 2002. First? Edition. First? Printing. 100, wraps. More
Canoga Park, CA: Pipedream Products, Inc., 2003. Presumed First Edition, First production run. Special Collector's Item [stated]. Wind-Up Toy in original packaging. Packaging is approximately 5 inches by 7.625 inches. RARE unopened. Plastic bubble encasing a wind-up platform and two adjacent figures is approximately 3 inches by 4.5 inches and is largely oval in shape. The front panel has the American flag as a backdrop. The text on the front is F-ck Saddam Wind of Toy, Special Collector's Item! Try Me next to arrow pointing to the wind-up stem, and at the bottom Operation: Anal Invasion. The back side as the following text: F-ck Saddam Wind-up Toy. Danger: Weapon of Ass Destruction! We're going DEEP in Iraq. Wind-up for fun and show support for your country with this hilarious wind-up toy! Go ahead, F-ck Saddam in the ASS! Saddam-ize the bastard. A great way to relieve Saddam of GAS. There is some text related to the manufacturer, item number, barcode, and the United We Stand and Free Speech Coalition organizations. This toy is a pointed embarrassment or disgracing of Saddam. Male same-sex activity is illegal and punishable by imprisonment in Kuwait, Egypt, Oman and Syria. It is also punishable by death in Iran, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. In Yemen and Gaza Strip, the punishment might differ between death and imprisonment depending on the act committed. Several Middle Eastern countries have responded to homosexuality and transgender people by sentencing them to death, life in prison, fines, torture, beatings, vigilante attacks, vigilante executions, honor killings, forced psychiatric treatments, forced anal examinations, forced hormone injections, chemical castration, floggings, and deportation. More
New York: Random House, 2002. First edition. Stated. Hardcover. xxx, 494 p. Map. Notes. Index. More
New York: Perigee Books, 1995. First Printing. pocket paperbk, 150, wraps, sources. More
Place_Pub: New York: Random House, 1995. Second Printing. Hardcover. 643 pages. Illus., index, 2nd front flyleaf loose. Bookplate inside front flyleaf signed by Colin Powell. More