National Defense University, 2012. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Wraps. 149, [3] pages. Notes. Color Illustrations. PRISM is published by the Center for Complex Operations. PRISM is a security studies journal chartered to inform members of U.S. Federal Agencies, Allies, and other partners on complex and integrated national security operations; reconstruction and nationbuilding; relevant policy and strategy; lessons learned; and developments in training and education to transform America’s security and development apparatus to meet tomorrow’s challenges better while promoting freedom today. To better integrate all the education programs, Congress created the National Defense University in 1976. In 1981, the Joint Forces Staff College was created. The National Defense University (NDU) is an institution of higher education funded by the United States Department of Defense, intended to facilitate high-level training, education, and the development of national security strategy. It is chartered by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, with Major General Frederick M. Padilla, USMC, as president. It is located on the grounds of Fort Lesley J. McNair in Washington, D.C. The university's mission is to support the joint warfighter by providing rigorous Joint Professional Military Education to members of the U.S. Armed Forces and select interagency civilians in order to develop leaders that have the ability to operate and creatively think in an unpredictable and complex world. The school's master's program is a one-year intensive study program. More

Quantico, VA: Marine Corps University Press, 2009. First Printing [Stated]. Trade paperback. xvi, 320 pages. Illustrations (color). Appendix. Tear at bottom of spine. Gary W. Montgomery is a Research Fellow at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies in Arlington, Virginia, and a Reserve Colonel with the US Marine Corps Center for Lessons Learned in Quantico, Virginia. Timothy S. McWilliams is a leadership and communication consultant with more than two decades of experience studying and understanding the media in all of its forms. As a U.S. Marine Corps reserve officer, he served with I Marine Expeditionary Force in Fallujah as a Strategic Mobility Officer from mid-April to mid-September 2004. He later served as a Marine Corps Field Historian from July 2007 to May 2012, and deployed twice to both Iraq and Afghanistan to document U.S. Marine Corps history. More

Place_Pub: Maxwell Air Force Base, AL: Air University Press, 1988. First? Edition. First? Printing. 25 cm, 196, wraps, illus., notes, index, stamp on fore-edge, ink name on bottom edge near spine. More

Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute U. S. Army War College, 2011. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. vii, [1], 26, [2] p. Endnotes. This is one of the Advancing Strategic Thought series. More

Carlisle, PA: U. S. Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute, 2010. Presumed first edition/first printing. Trade paperback. Glued binding. xiv, 139, [3] p. Illustrations. Endnotes. This is one of the Letort Papers. More

New York: The Free Press of Glencoe, 1962. 519, footnotes, biblio, index, ink name inside front flyleaf, DJ worn: small tears repaired with tape. More

Carlisle, PA: U. S. Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute/Army War College Press, 2013. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. x, 70 p. Endnotes. More

Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 1995. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xii, [4], 329, [7] pages. Abbreviations and Acronyms Used in the Text. A Note on Military Unit Names. A Note on Sources. Index. Pencil marks noted. John Prados is an analyst of national security based in Washington, DC. Prados holds a Ph.D. from Columbia University and focuses on presidential power, international relations, intelligence and military affairs. He is a senior fellow and project director with the National Security Archive at George Washington University. Prados heads the Archive’s documentation projects for Vietnam and for the CIA, is co-director of the Iraq project, and assists with the Archive’s Afghanistan project. Prados is author of about 20 books, with titles on national security, the American presidency, intelligence, diplomatic and military history, including Iraq, Vietnam, the Soviet Union, and World War II. Prados’s works on Vietnam include The Hidden History of the Vietnam War, a volume examining the lack of “perfect strategies” for the United States in that conflict. More

New York, NY: Penguin Press, 2009. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Glued binding. Paper over boards. [20], 394, [2] pages. Illustrations (black & white). Maps. Cast of Characters. Notes. Index. Signed by author. Signed by author sticker on front of DJ. Signed on title page. From Wikipedia: "Thomas Edwin "Tom" Ricks (born September 25, 1955) is an American journalist who writes on defense topics. He is a Pulitzer Prize-winning former reporter for the Wall Street Journal and Washington Post. He has reported on military activities in Somalia, Haiti, Korea, Bosnia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Kuwait, Turkey, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Ricks is author of five books: the bestselling Fiasco: The American Military Adventure In Iraq (2006), its follow-up The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008 (2009), The Generals: American Military Command from World War II to Today (2012), the novel A Soldier's Duty (2001), and Making the Corps (1997). He was a military correspondent at the Washington Post (2000-2008). More

London: RUSI, 1971. 94, wraps, illus., figures, charts, text slightly darkened, covers somewhat worn, soiled, and creased, small tears at spine flyer on Lecture and Seminar Programme laid in. Contains an article by P. H. Vigor on "Soviet Military Exercises," and one by Simon Hutchinson on "Counter-Insurgency--the Problem of Prisoners." Also contains articles on air support command, advances in marine science and technology, and the Staff College in World War I, among many other topics. More

Maxwell Air Force Base, AL: Air University, 1969. 183, wraps, illus., review questions, some wear and soiling to covers. More

Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute U. S. Army War College, 2011. Presumed first edition/first printing. Trade paperback. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. vi, 329, [1] p. Illustrations. Endnotes. More

New York: The Berkley Publishing Group, 1984. Berkley edition [stated]. Later printing. Mass market paperback. xxii, [2], 258, [6] pages. Illustrations. Maps. Cover/spine worn, torn, and creased. Some page discoloration noted. This was a Military Book Club main selection. Includes Foreword by William P. Yarborough, Preface, Epilogue, and Index. Also includes chapters on Guerrilla Warfare; Predecessors of Special Forces; The Kind of Man It Took; The Rucksack, Book, and Beret; SF Prepares for Guerilla Warfare; Revolutionary war and Counterinsurgency; New Missions and Big Publicity; Special Missions: Africa, Latin America; Laos and Thailand; Vietnam: CIDG (Civilian Irregular Defense Group); the Katu and the Bru; Expansion: Cambodes, Hoa Hao, and Cao Dai; The Mobile Strike (Mike) Forces; Recovery Operations; Special Operations and Unconventional Warfare; Civic Action and Psy Ops, Vietnam; Special Support and Special Problems; Intelligence; Civic Action Around the World; Vietnamization of CIDG, 1966-1971; and The Future of Special Forces. The reader cannot fail to be impressed with the book's depth of understanding of guerrilla warfare and how it works. This book deals with that small part of the United States' fighting forces who understand that money cannot win battles. It does not shy way from American military mistakes and weaknesses. Still, the author is optimistic and proud. More