Liberty Denied: The Current Rise of Censorship in America
New York: PEN American Center, 1988. 175, wraps, chapter notes, readings, index, some soiling to rear cover. Preface by Arthur Miller. Foreword by Walter Karp. More
New York: PEN American Center, 1988. 175, wraps, chapter notes, readings, index, some soiling to rear cover. Preface by Arthur Miller. Foreword by Walter Karp. More
Washington DC: Department of Energy, Office of Defense Programs, 1998. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. 40 pages. Illustrations. Acronyms. Stockpile stewardship refers to the United States program of reliability testing and maintenance of its nuclear weapons without the use of nuclear testing. Because no new nuclear weapons have been developed by the United States since 1992, even its youngest weapons are at least 26 years old (as of 2019). Since the United States has also not tested nuclear weapons since 1992, this leaves the task of its stockpile maintenance resting on the use of simulations (using non-nuclear explosives tests and supercomputers, among other methods) and applications of scientific knowledge about physics and chemistry to the specific problems of weapons aging. It also involves the manufacture of additional plutonium "pits" to replace ones of unknown quality, and finding other methods to increase the lifespan of existing warheads and maintain a confident nuclear deterrent. More
New York: Scribner, c1979. First Printing. 23 cm, 128, illus., usual lib markings, DJ pasted to bds, pencil erasure on fr endpaper, bookplate removed, leaving scuff inside front board. More
Los Alamos, NM: Los Alamos National Laboratory, 2014. Presumed First Edition/First Printing thus. Wraps. 41 pages, plus front cover [2] and back of rear cover. Illustrations (many in color). Name and mailing location on back cover. National Security Science magazine showcases the importance, breadth, and depth of the Lab's scientific and technical work for solving challenges to national security to policy makers, the general public, academia, and scientific and technical experts. More
Los Alamos, NM: Los Alamos National Laboratory, 2014. Presumed First Edition/First Printing thus. Wraps. [2], 41, [1] pages including covers. Illustrations (many in color). Cover has slight wear and soiling. Mailing information and sticker on back cover. National Security Science magazine showcases the importance, breadth, and depth of the Lab's scientific and technical work for solving challenges to national security to policy makers, the general public, academia, and scientific and technical experts. More
New York: Knopf, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. 25 cm, 554 pages appendices, notes, former owner's embossed seal cut from title page/verso, marginal line in ink noted on one page only. From Wikipedia: "Surveillance is the monitoring of the behavior, activities, or other changing information, usually of people for the purpose of influencing, managing, directing, or protecting them. This can include observation from a distance by means of electronic equipment, or interception of electronically transmitted information (such as Internet traffic or phone calls); and it can include simple, relatively no- or low-technology methods such as human intelligence agents and postal interception. Surveillance is used by governments for intelligence gathering, the prevention of crime, the protection of a process, person, group or object, or for the investigation of crime. It is also used by criminal organizations to plan and commit crimes such as robbery and kidnapping, and by businesses to gather intelligence. Surveillance is often a violation of privacy, and is opposed by various civil liberties groups and activists. Many nations have laws which restrict domestic government and private use of surveillance, usually limiting it to circumstances where public safety is at risk. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. 25 cm. xvi, 554, [4] pages. Includes footnotes. appendices, notes, bibliography, index. Minor page soiling. Some DJ wear. Frank J. Donner was a civil liberties lawyer who was an expert on the use of government surveillance and informers to discourage political dissent. He was director of the American Civil Liberties Union's Project on Political Surveillance. He worked with the Center for Constitutional Rights, argued cases before the Supreme Court and wrote books on the House Committee on Un-American Activities and Federal and local surveillance and suppression. In 1980, a book by Mr. Donner called "The Age of Surveillance" was published by Knopf. It called for curbs on surveillance abuses by the Federal Government and cited Government attempts to silence political activities and organizations outside the mainstream of American attitudes. More
Washington, DC: National Defense University Press: Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O... 1985. First edition. First printing [stated]. Trade paperback. vii, [3], 92, [4] p. : 21 cm. Illustrations. More
Sharon Center, OH: Alpha Publishing Company, 1988. First? Edition. First? Printing. 98, wraps, illus., diagrams, some wear, creasing, and soiling to covers, tape residue at lower spine. More
McLean, VA: The MITRE Corporation, 1999. First? Edition. First? Printing. 31, wraps, illus., ink marks to front cover. More
Maxwell Air Force Base, AL: Air Force Research Institute, 2017. Presumed First Edition/First Printing thus. Trade paperback. 96 pages. Illustrations. Notes. Air and Space Power Journal (ASPJ), the US Air Force’s (USAF) professional peer-reviewed journal and the leading forum for airpower thought and dialogue. ASPJ seeks to foster intellectual discussion and debate among air, space, and cyber power leaders, both domestically and internationally. Even before the founding of the USAF, Air University initiated publication of the Air University Quarterly Review in 1947. Maj. Gen. Muir S. Fairchild established this journal as a professional publication in the highest sense of the word—one that would reflect the best professional thought concerning global concepts and doctrines of air strategy and tactics. Since its inauguration, the journal has appeared under the titles Air University Quarterly Review, Air University Review, Airpower Journal, Aerospace Power Journal, and, currently, Air and Space Power Journal. Since 1947, this periodical has fulfilled its mandate to provide an avenue for professional Airmen to present their original thinking on the subject of airpower. The Air and Space Power Journal (ISSN 1554-2505), Air Force Recurring Publication 10-1, published bimonthly, is the professional journal of the United States Air Force. More
Maxwell Air Force Base, AL: Air Force Research Institute, 2017. Presumed First Edition/First Printing thus. Trade paperback. 112 pages. Illustrations. Notes. Air and Space Power Journal (ASPJ), the US Air Force’s (USAF) professional peer-reviewed journal and the leading forum for airpower thought and dialogue. ASPJ seeks to foster intellectual discussion and debate among air, space, and cyber power leaders, both domestically and internationally. Even before the founding of the USAF, Air University initiated publication of the Air University Quarterly Review in 1947. Maj. Gen. Muir S. Fairchild established this journal as a professional publication in the highest sense of the word—one that would reflect the best professional thought concerning global concepts and doctrines of air strategy and tactics. Since its inauguration, the journal has appeared under the titles Air University Quarterly Review, Air University Review, Airpower Journal, Aerospace Power Journal, and, currently, Air and Space Power Journal. Since 1947, this periodical has fulfilled its mandate to provide an avenue for professional Airmen to present their original thinking on the subject of airpower. The Air and Space Power Journal (ISSN 1554-2505), Air Force Recurring Publication 10-1, published bimonthly, is the professional journal of the United States Air Force. More
Washington, DC: Electronic Privacy Info Cent, 1999. First Edition. First? Printing. 129, wraps, footnotes. More
New York: Random House, 1979. First Edition. Fourth Printing. 299, illus., map, appendices, index, front DJ flap creased and price clipped, rear board corner bumped, small tear to front DJ. More
New York: Random House, 1979. First? Printing. 299, illus., map, appendices, index, rear DJ somewhat soiled, small tears, creases, and chips to DJ edges. More
2006. Spiral bound. Various paginations (approximately 110 pages). Tables. Figures. Appendix A through F. Marked Official Use Only but it is understood that with the passage of time, and with the occurrence of subsequent decisions (and the pre-decisional sensitivities associated with this study) that this limitation no longer applies. It is also understood that only a very limited number of copies of this report were likely to have been produced. The cover has small photographs of the Super Block Tritium Facility LLNL, SRS Tritium Facilities, LANL WETF Tritium Facility, and Neutron Generator Facility SNL. In September 2005, NA-10 chartered a study of tritium facilities across the NNSA weapons complex. The scope included manufacturing, R&D, and Storage. The study was chartered to develop options for consolidation of tritium capability and analyze their relative costs and benefits. the study was conducted within a context of the recognition that the future weapons complex must be more consolidated, efficient, and responsive. More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, c1979. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 351, illus., slight wear and small edge tears/chips to DJ, DJ in plastic sleeve, rear board weak. More
New York, N.Y. Ivy Books, 1993. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Mass market paperback. x, [2], 274, [2] pages. Slightly cocked. Some page browning. Includes Preface, Prologue, 33 chapters, and an Epilogue. Includes black and white map of South Vietnam, Prologue, and 15 black and white photographs of soldiers. Also includes Appendix A (Activity Board, 22 November 1967 to 23 January 1969); and Appendix B (Company F, Long Range Patrol, 51st Infantry (Airborne). When Gary Ford volunteered in October of 1967 for a new LRP company being formed, all he knew was that he wanted to leave the grunts in Vietnam behind. But Company F, Long Range Patrol, 51st Infantry (Airborne) would demand qualities and courage that tested him to his limit. During forty-four patrols in the seventeen months F/51 was in existence, first as a team member and then as the leader of team 4/4, Ford discovered the real meaning of warfare--nights torn apart by screaming mortars, the cries of wounded men, the blood and death and exhaustion, and, worst of all, being left in enemy territory after your position has been compromised. The grit and guts, heroism and horror, of one man's war in Vietnam 4/4: A LRP'S NARRATIVE is a chronicle of survival and indomitable courage in the face of inhuman odds. In the hell of combat, Ford reveals what warriors are really made of. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, c1993. First Printing. 25 cm, 288, illus. More
Boulder, CO: CEP Inc., 1985. Updated Edition. Wraps. 505 pages, wraps, illus., diagrams, tape residue at bottom of spine, some wear and soiling to covers. Lee Lapin, 1948–2009, was a popular surveillance and espionage author, best known for his offbeat, grammatically questionable, yet information-rich instructional book series, How to Get Anything On Anybody. The series is published by Paladin Press, is now in its third revision, and is frequently included in library collections across North America. Lapin reportedly lived on a small island off the coast of Marin County, California where, for relaxation, he raised wolves. Lee Lapin was the nom de plume of Scott French. He died January 11, 2009, at the home of his son in Colorado. More
New York: Random House, 2006. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. [10], 273, [5] pages. Map/ Minor edge soiling noted. Autographed copy sticker on front of DJ. Signed by the author on the title page. Alan Furst (born 1941) is an American author of historical spy novels. Furst has been called "an heir to the tradition of Eric Ambler and Graham Greene," whom he cites along with Joseph Roth and Arthur Koestler as important influences. Most of his novels since 1988 have been set just prior to or during the Second World War and he is noted for his successful evocations of Eastern European peoples and places during the period from 1933 to 1944. While attending general studies courses at Columbia University, he became acquainted with Margaret Mead, for whom he later worked. Before becoming a full-time novelist, Furst worked in advertising and wrote magazine articles, most notably for Esquire, and as a columnist for the International Herald Tribune. The year 1988 saw publication of Night Soldiers—inspired by his 1984 trip to Eastern Europe on assignment for Esquire—which invigorated his career and led to a succession of related titles. His output since 1988 includes a dozen works. While all his historical espionage novels are loosely connected (protagonists in one book might appear as minor characters in another), only The World at Night and Red Gold share a common plot. In 2011, the Tulsa Library Trust in Tulsa, Oklahoma selected Furst to receive its Helmerich Award, a literary prize given annually to honor a distinguished author's body of work. More
New York: The New Press, 2016. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xii, 321, [3] pages. Notes. Index. Four days before Pearl Harbor, in December 1941, someone leaked American contingency war plans to the Chicago Tribune. The small splash the story made was overwhelmed by the shock waves caused by the Japanese attack on the Pacific fleet anchored in Hawaii but the ripples never subsided, growing quietly but steadily across the Cold War, Vietnam, the fall of Communism, and into the present. Ripped from today's headlines, Lloyd C. Gardner's book takes a deep dive into the previously unexamined history of national security leakers. The War on Leakers joins the growing debate over surveillance and the national security state, bringing to bear the unique perspective of one our most respected diplomatic historians. Gardner examines how national security leaks have been grappled with over nearly five decades, what the relationship of “leaking” has been to the exercise of American power during and after the Cold War, and the implications of all this for how we should think about the role of leakers and democracy. Gardner's eye-opening new history asks us to consider why America has invested so much of its resources, technology, and credibility in a system that all but cries out for loyal Americans to leak its secrets Lloyd C. Gardner (born 1934) is an American historian, a member of the "Wisconsin School" of diplomatic history along with Walter LaFeber and Thomas J. McCormick. Gardner was the Charles and Mary Beard Professor of History at Rutgers University, where he taught since 1963. He is author or editor of 16 books on American foreign policy. More
Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly & Associates Inc., 2000. First Edition. First? Printing. 312, bibliography, notes, index. More
Washington, DC: Cent/Strategic & Int'l Stud. 1997. First Printing. 172, wraps, abbreviations and acronyms, chapter notes. Significant Issues Series, Volume XIX, Number 4. More
Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1987. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. 78, [2] p. Illustrations. Tables. More