USAF--Present and Future
Maxwell Air Force Base, AL: Air University, 1969. 183, wraps, illus., review questions, some wear and soiling to covers. More
Maxwell Air Force Base, AL: Air University, 1969. 183, wraps, illus., review questions, some wear and soiling to covers. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1962. 216, illus., maps (lg map in pocket at end of vol. ), charts, tables, ftnotes, biblio note, glossary, index, rough spot ins r bd. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1962. 216, illus., maps (lg map in pocket at end of vol. ), charts, tables, footnotes, biblio note, glossary, index, usual library markings. More
Council of the Alleghenies. Presumed first edition/first printing thus. Wraps. vi, 108 pages, Illustrations. Cover has some wear, soiling, and sticker residue. The author served in Company F of the Fourth Maryland Volunteer Infantry. He kept a daily journal, from which, after the war, he prepared a narrative account of his travels and experiences. He also wrote frequent letters to his parents and brothers in Western Maryland. Ninety of these letters and the entire narrative have been preserved. In this booklet, the narrative and the letters are merged to make a single chronological account. The original wording and punctuation have been followed closely. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1991. 28 cm, 24, wraps, illus., map, references. Marines in World War II commemorative series. More
New York: Random House, 1948. Seventh Printing [stated]. Hardcover. Format is approximately 5.5 inches by 8.25 inches. [10], 689, [1] pages. Name in ink on fep. DJ is worn, torn, soiled, and chipped. DJ and board have tape marks. Irwin Shaw (February 27, 1913 – May 16, 1984) was an American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, and short-story author whose written works have sold more than 14 million copies. He is best known for two of his novels: The Young Lions (1948), about the fate of three soldiers during World War II, which was made into a film of the same name starring Marlon Brando and Montgomery Clift, and Rich Man, Poor Man (1970), about the fate of two brothers and a sister in the post-World War II decades, which in 1976 was made into a popular miniseries starring Peter Strauss, Nick Nolte, and Susan Blakely. During World War II, he was approached by William Wyler to join his film unit. Unable to be commissioned as an officer due to his age and 1-A draft status, Shaw decided to enter the Regular Army. Later, the Army, noting his background, sent him to George Stevens' film unit. He was one of four writers attached to Stevens' command, in which he became a warrant officer. After the war, he returned to his career as a writer. The Young Lions, Shaw's first novel, was published in 1948. Based on his experiences in Europe during the war, the novel was very successful and was adapted into a 1958 film. Shaw was not happy with the film, feeling it soft-pedaled some of the serious issues from his book, but it did well at the box office. More
Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1987. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. xi, [1], 154 pages. Illustrations. Maps. Notes. Index. DJ has some wear and soiling. DJ has been taped to boards and some tape remains on the DJ. This is one of the American Military History series. The author was on the faculty in the department of history at West Point. He was a 1974 graduate of West Point and also held a Master of Science degree from University of Southern California and a Master of Arts and a Ph.D. degree in history from Temple University. He was an infantry officer with airborne, ranger and air assault training and had served in a variety of command and staff assignments in the U.S. and OCONUS. He was widely published in professional and scholarly journals. This book examines Eichelberger's evolution as a combat commander in the Pacific in WW II. Eichelberger was profoundly affected by his initial combat experience at Buna in December 1942. In that battle, the Japanese had the advantage of terrain, training and morale. As a result of this experience, he devised a new training program to prepare his soldiers for battle and also developed an innovative philosophy of tactics and leadership. The author skillfully utilizes Eichelberger's personal papers to examine the successful application of the lessons learned at Buna, in all his campaigns throughout the remainder of the war. More
Fort Monmouth, NJ: Signal Corps Replacement Training Center of Forth Monmouth New Jersey Dramatic Association, 1941. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. 48 pages plus 4 pages of specific program information on pink paper, separated from the rest of the program. Includes a number of advertisements from local businesses. This program has the signatures on front cover, back cover, and interior pages of several cast members and others. This copy appears to have belonged to Mrs. Gillette, believed to be the wife of Col. Melvin E. Gillette, the "architect of Military Pictorial Service" who directed Fort Monmouth's first training Film Field Unit (1937) and the first Training Film Production Laboratory (1940). One note states that Mrs. Gillette gave the inspiration for the show. The musical included: Overture, Keep in Touch with your Local Board, The Captain Hates the CBS, When That Certain Job is Over, Intermezzo, Bayonet Drill, Do What the Good Book Says, Care and Peeling of the 87 MM. Potato [Intermission] KP Lament, Chemical Warfare Lecture, To the Rear March, Articles of War, I'm Wasting My Time, Squabs Right, Supply Room, and Finale. More
Tarrytown, NY: Sleepy Hollow Press, 1982. First edition. First printing [stated]. Trade paperback. 223, [1] p. Illustrations. Chronology. Bibliography. Index. More
New York: Pantheon, 2005. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xii, 269, [5] pages. Notes. Index. Inscribed on fep. DJ has slight wear and soiling, Children at War explored the rise of another new force in modern warfare, child soldier groups. Singer's work was the first book to comprehensively explore the compelling and tragic rise of child soldier groups and was recognized by the 2006 Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Book of the Year Award. His commentary on the issue was featured in a variety of venues ranging from National Public Radio and Fox News to Defense News and People magazine. Singer has served as a consultant on the issue to the U.S. Marine Corps and Congress, and the recommendations in his book resulted in changes in the UN peacekeeping training program. An accompanying A&E/History Channel documentary entitled Child Warriors was broadcast in 2008. More
Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Air University Press, 2004. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. ix, [1], 153, [1] pages. Figures. Notes. Bibliography. Includes Disclaimer and Foreword, as well as About the Author, Making of Bill Creech, Thinking about Air Warfare, Tools of the Trade, Organizing to Fight, Building Leaders, To Desert Storm and Beyond, Conclusions. Also includes four black and white figures (TAC sortie rates, FY 1969 - FY 1978; Example of sharing shortages; TAC sortie rates, FY 1969-1984; and Flying-hour Increases. Also includes two black and white photos (F-15E: Dual role, LANTIRN, PGMs, and the advanced medium-range air-to-air missile AMRAAM)--the complete package; and a photograph of President Reagan and Creech. One of the Tables is on US expenditures of precision-guided munitions (PGM) during the 1991 Gulf War. Some creasing to covers. General Creech shaped the Air force of today through his actions as the commander of Tactical Air Command from 178 until 1984. Under General Creech's leadership, the Tactical Air Command and the Tactical Air Forces writ large, underwent a transformation that, in large measure, built the Air Force that has fought so brilliantly in campaigns from Operation Desert Storm to the present global war on terrorism. James C. Slife (born 1967) is an American lieutenant general in the United States Air Force. He has served as the commander of Air Force Special Operations Command since June 2019, having previously served as the vice commander (July 2018 – June 2019) and chief of staff (June 2017 – June 2018) of United States Special Operations Command. More
New York: M. & W. Ward, 1810. First American Edition. 24 cm, 56, illus., appendix, front board missing, front endpaper partially separated, title page clipped (for autograph? ), text complete. More
Carlisle, PA: U. S. Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute, 2011. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. viii, 73, [3] p. Illustrations. This is one of the Letort Papers. More
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1964. First? Edition. First? Printing. 23 cm, 120, front DJ flap price clipped, slight wear and soiling to DJ, ink notation on table of contents. More
Carlisle, PA: U. S. Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute, 2009. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. xi, [1], 31, [1] p. Illustrations. Endnotes. Professional Military Ethics Monograph Volume 1. More
Washington, DC: National Defense University, 1983. First? Edition. First? Printing. 68, wraps, endnotes, bibliography, covers somewhat soiled and sticker residue. Monograph Series 83-3. More
Annapolis: United States Naval Institute, 1962. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xi, [1], 152, [2] pages, Illustrations (photographs, diagrams, and drawings). Index. DJ has some wear and soiling. DJ is in a plastic sleeve. The U.S. Naval Institute to encourage physical fitness and a wider interest in sports published books useful in both school and community recreational programs. More
Lebanon, PA: Spallone/CTM Pub, 1998. 21 cm, 115, wraps, illus., few library markings. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1917. 151, wraps, figures, tables, ink name and name stamp on front cover, covers quite stained, some pages creased and some foxing. More
New York, N.Y. The Free Press, 1985. First Free Press Paperback Edition [stated]. Second printing [stated]. Trade Paperback. xxii, [2], 391, [1] pages. Cover wear noted. Includes Foreword, Preface to the Free Press Edition, Assessment, Footnotes. Bibliographical Note, Index, Table, Charts, Maps, and Illustrations. Topics covered include The American Discovery of Vietnam; The Franco--Viet Minh War; and Going It Alone. Also includes 86 black and white illustrations in the text. The author of a widely red history of the Vietnam conflict observed that "in a sense we discovered Vietnam in 1954." This American discovery came about as a result of the imminent collapse of French power in Indochina. The factors involved in the French collapse went back many years, and in some respects centuries, before the 1950s. These factors, while clear enough to present-day historians, were not at all obvious to the American leaders of the 1950s, who for the most part lacked a knowledge of Vietnamese culture and history. Ronald Harvey Spector (born January 17, 1943) is a military historian, who contributes to scholarly journals and also teaches history. He has been a Professor at the George Washington University. He graduated from Johns Hopkins University, and later gained a Ph.D from Yale University. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and served in the Vietnam War, reaching the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the reserves. He was a historian at the U.S. Army Center of Military history and taught at the University of Alabama. He was tasked to prepare a study of the Grenada operation. More
Santa Monica, CA: RAND National Defense Research Institute, 2008. Presumed first edition/first printing. Trade paperback. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. xxiv, 154 p. Abbreviations. Occasional footnotes. Illustrations (some in color). Bibligraphy. More
Kansas City, MO: Franklin Hudson Publishing, 1904. Second Edition. 269, illus., diagrams, boards somewhat worn and soiled. More
New York: Harper Colophon Books, Harper & Row Publisher, 1975. First Harper Colophon edition [stated]. First printing [stated]. Trade paperback. This is one of the Harper Photographers series. Contains 76 black and white photographs of Marine Corps recruits at Parris Island, accompanied with four different types of text--Responses to a written questionnaire, Taped dialogue; Taped interview; and Quotations taken from the Marine Corps basic manual of instruction, a copy of which is given to every recruit entering Parris Island. It will probably be apparent that the material offered in the text was not necessarily gathered in conjunction with the shooting of any particular photograph, and there is no suggestion made that the individual or individuals shown in a given picture said or wrote what appears in the adjoining text. All quotes, however, were actually gathered by Richard Stack, and appear as they were recorded or taken off the questionnaires. Richard Stack, a native of Pennsylvania, served four years in the U.S. Marine Corps, including two years in Vietnam. Following his return to civilian life in 1967, he became active in photography, and in late 1971 returned to Parris Island, where he had received his Marine training, to shoot this book. From 1972 to 1974 he was a contract photographer, first for Life Magazine and later for Time Magazine, in Southeast Asia. More
Die Wehrmacht, 1969. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. [6], 36, [9][5] p. Includes illustrations. Notes on uniform plates. Some illustrations in color. More
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1966. 330, illus., fold-out maps, ftnotes, apps, biblio, index, lib stamp, barcode, & bookplate, soiling & creasing top margin of few pgs. More