Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2009. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xiv, 414, [4] pages. Note to the Reader. Illustrations. Notes. Index. Peter Anthony Huchthausen (25 September 1939 – 11 July 2008 in Amfreville, Manche, France) was a Captain in the United States Navy and the author of several maritime books. He became a Soviet naval submarine analyst and served in anti-submarine warfare positions on the staffs of Commander, U.S. Naval Forces, Europe, the United States First Fleet, The United States Third Fleet, and the Commander in Chief, Pacific Command. Later, he became the senior American naval attaché in Yugoslavia and Romania. Afterward, he became the chief of attaché and human intelligence collection operations in Western Europe for the Defense Intelligence Agency. Just before the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Huchthausen served for three years in Moscow as the senior U.S. Naval Attaché to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. After retiring from active service from the United States Navy in 1990, Huchthausen returned to Moscow and opened an office there for an American firm. At this point, he began his research and writing career. He wrote nine books. Two were made into movies: the HBO movie, Hostile Waters and K-19: The Widowmaker. Alexandre Sheldon-Duplaix (born 1963) is a French naval historian. For twelve years until 1999, he worked as a naval analyst under contract with the French Navy before joining the naval section of French Defence Historical Service. Since 2001, he has lectured on naval history at the French Joint Defense Staff College in Paris and at the Combat Systems and Naval Weapons School near Toulon. More

Connoisseur, 1983. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Hardcover. Three Volume boxed Set. Each volume 192 pages. Illustrated. Index, Slipcase has some minor wear and soiling but the three volumes are in wonderful condition. The three volumes in this gift set contain a wealth of technical detail, informative text and literally hundreds of photographs and drawings. Richard Humble read Military History at Oriel College, Oxford. Now retired after 17 years as an academic, he is a published author of 44 books on history. Submarines is a sobering yet compelling account of the evolution of the modern fighting submarine, from its debut in 1914 to the 1980s and what could yet turn out to be the eve of World War III. Battleships and Battlecruisers tells the story of the armour-plated giants in which sea power was measured in the 'big-gun' era, before the rise to dominance of the aircraft-carrier in the Second World War. In Aircraft Carriers, the author presents a compelling study that traces the full story of the aircraft carrier, beginning with the floatplane and deck-landing pioneers of the First World War. He examines the conversion of battleships to carriers in the 1920s and the evolution of the carrier task force as a far more powerful successor to the traditional battle fleet--as shatteringly demonstrated at Taranto in November 1940 and at Pearl Harbor in 1941. More

Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1927. 338, illus., tables, appendices, index, front board weak (reglued), small tears at spine. Inscribed by the author. More

New York, NY: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2002. Revised Edition, First Printing [stated]. Trade paperback. 384 pages. [Cover states "Warships", but half-title and title page state "Warship". Black mark on bottom edge. All New Color Edition. Illustrations (some in color). Technical Data. Contains Foreword, About this Book, Composite Warship, Types of Warship Masts, and Composite Submarine. Contains chapters on Aircraft Carriers; Cruisers; Destroyers; Frigates; Corvettes; Patrol Forces; Amphibious Forces; Mine Warfare Forces; and Submarines. Also contains Glossary and Index. This Recognition Guide includes photographs (new largely in color); Recognition Features; Technical Data; Detailed Line Diagrams; Weapons Systems and Radars; and an easier to use format. Robert Hutchinson was the Defense Correspondence of the Press Association, the UK national news agency, from 1977 to 1983, before joining Jane's as one of the founding team that launched the world renowned Jane's Defense Weekly in 1984. Three years later he became Publishing Director of Jane's Information Group, responsible for the company's magazines, yearbooks, subscription products and electronic data. More

London: IISS Publications, 1997. 320, wraps, maps, tables, index, address sticker on spine, pencil note on p. 320, some creasing to front cover. More

London: Studio, 1997. Reprint edition, 1997 second printing of 1990 reprint. Hardcover. 320 pages. Foreword by Captain John Moore, RN. Format is approximately 10.25 by 12.75 inches. Pencil erasure residue on fep. DJ is in a plastic sleeve. This work is drawn primarily from the Jane's 1919 edition, augmented with material from the 1914 edition. This is a comprehensive encyclopedia with over 1000 illustrations. More

New York: Arco Publishing Company, Inc., 1970. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Format is 12.5 inches by 8.5 inches. 452 pages. Illustrations (including advertisements). Tables. General Index. Addenda. DJ has some wear and soiling. A collectors item and reference tool. Possibly the most interesting aspect of this, the eighth issue of Jane's, are the articles by combatants in the Russo-Japanese War, supplemented by a special series of photographs showing the ships destroyed and the extent of the damage suffered by others. There is a summary of naval actions during the war and notes on relevant strategy and tactics. All included are revised rules of Jane's "Naval War Games". This is a large and heavy book and would require additional shipping charges if sent outside of the United States. This is an annual reference book of information on all the world's warships arranged by nation, including information on ships' names, dimensions, armaments, silhouettes and photographs, etc. More

New York: George H. Doran Company, 1919. First U.S. Edition. 510, illus., fold-out maps, 4 large maps in pocket at rear of volume, appendices, index, some foxing to text. More

New York: Cornell Maritime Press, 1944. First? Printing. 26 cm, 1038, illus., glossary, index, some wear and soiling to boards, edges soiled, some foxing. More

New York: Random House, 2007. Presumed Book Club Edition. Hardcover. xii, [6], 428, [2] pages. Maps. Occasional footnotes. Glossary. Notes. Index. Large sticker affixed to fep. DJ has some edge tears. Robert David Kaplan (born June 23, 1952) is an American author. His books are on politics, foreign affairs, and travel. His work over three decades has appeared in The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The New Republic, The National Interest, Foreign Affairs and The Wall Street Journal, among other newspapers and publications. His more controversial essays are about the nature of US power, and have spurred debate and criticism in academia, the media, and the highest levels of government. One of Kaplan's most influential articles is "The Coming Anarchy", published in The Atlantic Monthly in 1994. Critics of the article have compared it to Huntingon's Clash of Civilizations thesis, since Kaplan presents conflicts in the contemporary world as the struggle between primitivism and civilizations. Another theme in Kaplan's work is the reemergence of cultural and historical tensions temporarily suspended during the Cold War. From 2008 to 2012, Kaplan was a Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security; he rejoined the organization in 2015. Between 2012 and 2014, he was chief geopolitical analyst at Stratfor, a private global forecasting firm. In 2009, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates appointed Kaplan to the Defense Policy Board, a federal advisory committee to the United States Department of Defense. In 2011, and 2012, Foreign Policy magazine named Kaplan as one of the world's "top 100 global thinkers." More

New York: Viking, 1989. First American Edition. First Printing. 24 cm, 292, illus., maps, glossary, bibliography, index, front DJ flap price clipped. More

Greenwich, CT: Brompton, 1990. Third Printing. 192, glossary, index, some edge wear. More