While America Sleeps
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000. First Printing. 480, tear in rear DJ has been repaired inside with tape. More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000. First Printing. 480, tear in rear DJ has been repaired inside with tape. More
New York: Free Press, 1991. First Printing. 25 cm, 309, notes, references, index, usual library markings, DJ in plastic sleeve, DJ pasted to boards. More
New York: Free Press, 1991. First Printing. 25 cm, 309, notes, bibliography, index, front DJ flap price clipped, slight wear and soiling to DJ. More
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1995. Second Printing [stated]. Hardcover. xvi, [2], 314, [12] pages. List of Illustrations. List of tables. Illustrations (including maps). Tables. Appendixes One through Six. A Note on Sources. Glossary. Index. This was originally published as Gulf War Air Power Survey Summary Report in 1993 by the U.S. Government Printing Office. Thomas Keaney is senior fellow at the Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies and a senior adjunct professor of strategic studies at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Before coming to SAIS in 1998, he was for ten years a professor of military strategy at National War College, Washington DC, and director of its core courses on military thought and strategy. During his military career he served in positions including: planner on the Air Staff; forward air controller in Vietnam; and B-52 squadron commander. He was a researcher/ author with the Gulf War Air Power Survey. He was co-author of The Summary Report and Revolution in Warfare?: Air Power in the Persian Gulf (with Eliot A. Cohen). More
New York: Basic Books, c1995. First Printing. 22 cm, 222, illus., slight soiling and sticker residue to DJ, pencil erasure residue on front endpaper. More
New York: Basic Books, c1995. First Printing. 22 cm, 222, illus., sticker residue on DJ, edges soiled Study of the accelerating global commerce in military armament, conventional weapons as well as nuclear. The author directed a study of the global arms trade as a senior analyst at the Office of Technology Assessment. More
New York: Random House, c1993. First Edition. First Printing. 22 cm, 354, map, small dot on pp. 14-15 at margin, corners bumped, DJ frayed and has small tear at one corner. Slightly cocked. More
Tortola, BVI: Interstellar, Inc., 1997. 308, illus., appendix, index, press release laid in. More
Tortola, BVI: Interstellar, Inc., 1997. Second Printing. 308, illus., appendix, index, author's business card laid in. Inscribed by the author. More
Washington, DC: Institute for Palestine Studies, 1991. Wraps. viii, 43 p. Notes. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, c1991. First Printing. 24 cm, 328, usual library markings. More
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2009. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xix, [1], 297, [3] pages. Inscribed on the half title by the author. The inscription reads: To David Abshire, With my highest respect and warmest best wishes. Nemir. Includes Map, Introduction; Part One--Iraq past: Prosperous Hashemite monarchy to brutal dictatorship, 1921 --1990: A road of hope becomes a tunnel of despair; Lessons and examples from the past. Part Two --the build-up to war, occupation, and disintegration, 1990-2008: A road to a new Iraq not taken; The neo-conservative recipe for disaster; Giant steps backward; Part Three--Iraq future -- A blueprint for prosperity and peace: Making a new political start; Fueling progress with oil; Building a vibrant economy; Developing the greatest resource; and Awaiting visionary leaders. Also includes Conclusion, Endnotes, Acknowledgments, Index, and About the author. Nemir Amin Kirdar (28 October 1936 – 8 June 2020) was an Iraqi Turkmen banker, billionaire, businessman, financier and author. He held British citizenship. Kirdar graduated from the University of the Pacific in California in 1960, with a bachelor's degree in economics. After settling in New York, Kirdar earned an MBA at Fordham University's night school. In 1974, he joined Chase Manhattan Bank in New York as vice president. Kirdar worked in the Middle East, overseeing and directing Chase's banking network in the region. In 1982, he founded Investcorp, and was a founding father of private equity, and an economic and cultural bridge-builder. Investcorp was a global alternative investment group that connected investors in the Gulf to investment opportunities in the West. More
Carlisle Barracks, PA: U.S. Army War College, 1992. 18, wraps, endnotes, some wear and soiling to covers. More
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Books, 2003. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. 287, [1] p. Illustrations (some in color). Index. More
Arlington, VA: Institute of Land Warfare, 2007. Revised Edition. Quarto, 186, wraps, illus., appendix, glossary, some wear to cover edges. More
New York: Times Books, 1993. First Edition [stated]. Hardcover. [10], 420, [2] pages. Sources. Index. Signed by the author with sentiment on fep side facing half-title page. Howard Alan Kurtz (born August 1, 1953) is an American journalist and author best known for his coverage of the media. Kurtz is the host of Fox News's Media Buzz program, the successor to Fox News Watch. He is the former media writer for The Washington Post and the former Washington bureau chief for The Daily Beast. He has written five books about the media. Kurtz left CNN and joined Fox News in 2013. Media Circus: The Trouble with America's Newspapers identifies problems afflicting U.S. newspapers and offers suggestions. Among issues identified are timid leadership, a spreading tabloid approach to news with a growing focus on celebrities and personal scandal, poor coverage of racial issues and the Persian Gulf war, increasing bureaucracy and a pasteurization of the news. More
New York: Times Books, 1993. First Edition [stated]. Hardcover. [10], 420, [2] pages. Includes introduction, sources, and index. Signed by the author with a comment, on the free front paper facing the half title. Comment reads: Best Wishes, from a member of the circus--Howard Kurtz. Howard Alan Kurtz (born August 1, 1953) is an American journalist and author best known for his coverage of the media. Kurtz is the host of Fox News's Media Buzz program, the successor to Fox News Watch. He is the former media writer for The Washington Post and the former Washington bureau chief for The Daily Beast. He has written five books about the media. Kurtz left CNN and joined Fox News in 2013. After college, Kurtz moved to Washington D.C. to work as a reporter for syndicated columnist Jack Anderson. Kurtz left Anderson to join the Washington. Kurtz was hired at The Washington Post by Bob Woodward . Kurtz has also written for The New Republic and New York magazine. More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1995. First edition. Stated. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. xiii, 416 p. Illustrations. Bibliography. Index. More
New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, c1994. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 458, small tear in rear DJ. More
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1997. Second Printing. Hardcover. 22 cm, 257, slight weakening at verso, promotional sticker on DJ, slight wear & soiling to DJ, small tear front DJ. Inscribed by the author. The National Public Radio correspondent details her life growing up with a mother who was manic-depressive. In this memoir, Lyden writes about her life, especially the challenges with her her mother, who was mentally ill and in a dysfunctional marriage. Jacki Lyden (born 1953 or 1954) is an American journalist and author of the memoir, Daughter of the Queen of Sheba (1997). In 1979, Lyden joined National Public Radio as a freelance reporter in the Chicago bureau. By 1989, Lyden was stationed in London, covering The Troubles in Northern Ireland. She covered the Gulf War from the Middle East. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, she continued to serve as a foreign correspondent for NPR. Lyden was NPR's first correspondent on the air from New York during the September 11 attacks and reported from "Ground Zero". In late 2001, she served as a foreign correspondent in Afghanistan. As a regular substitute host for Weekend All Things Considered and other shows, like Weekend Edition, she interviewed numerous poets, authors, filmmakers. During a 2008 downsizing, Lyden's staff position as an All Things Considered substitute host was eliminated. She continued as a contributing host and correspondent on a temporary basis from 2009 through 2014, when her contract ended. Her reporting has earned her wide acclaim, including two Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award awards, a Peabody Award, and a Gracie Award. More
Maxwell Air Force Base, AL: Air University Press, 1995. Second Printing. 220, vol. 2 of a 2-vol. set, wraps, illus., footnotes, glossary, index, covers somewhat worn and soiled. More
Westport, CT: Praeger, 1998. First Printing. 24 cm, 236, illus., maps, bibliography, glossary, index, light yellow highlighting on several pgs. Foreword by Lt-Gen Daniel Schroeder. More
Westport, CT: Praeger, 1998. First Paperback Printing [Stated]. Trade paperback. xxii, [2], 236, [6] pages. Foreword by Lieutenant General Daniel R. Schroeder, U.S. Army (Ret.). Glossary. Notes. Selected Bibliography. Index. Al Mauroni is the Director of the U.S. Air Force Center for Unconventional Weapons Studies at Maxwell Air Force Base. He oversees education and research on issues related to nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons at the Air University. He has more than 30 years experience in DoD countering weapons of mass destruction policy and program development. He has developed and coordinated joint concepts, strategic plans, information papers, budget analyses, and related briefings within the areas of passive defense, consequence management, and homeland defense/civil support. Over his career, he has worked C-WMD issues for the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, and Joint Chiefs of Staff. This has included supporting the initial stand-up and management of the DoD Chemical-Biological Defense Program; supporting counterproliferation policy and budget analysis for the Joint Staff J5 and J8; establishing the Joint Requirements Office for CBRN Defense; and modernizing Air Force C-WMD capabilities. More
Washington, DC: National Defense University, 1997. First? Edition. First? Printing. 23 cm, 117, wraps, map, some wear and soiling to covers. More
Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1993. First Edition. First Printing. 207, illus., maps, notes, index, slight sticker residue on DJ. More