New York: Simon and Schuster, 1986. First Printing. Hardcover. 24 cm, 293, glossary, yellow highlighting on a few pages in Introduction, some soiling to edges. James Adams is an American author and entrepreneur. Adams was born in Newcastle, England, where he spent his childhood. In 1991, he immigrated to the United States, becoming a citizen in 1997. Adams founded the Ashland Institute for Strategic Studies, a virtual intelligence organization, and iDefense, a cyber intelligence agency. He also served as CEO of United Press International. Adams is an expert on warfare and intelligence, and has written 13 best-selling fiction and non-fiction books on the subjects. They include The Next World War, The Financing of Terror, and Sellout: Aldrich Ames and the Corruption of the CIA. In 2019, he wrote (with Richard Kletter) Artificial Intelligence - Confronting the Revolution. He has also written on intelligence for Foreign Affairs and The New York Times, among other publications. Recently, Adams has ghosted a number of biographies of Fortune 500 CEOs. Adams has also served on the board of the NSA and as chairman of its technology oversight panel, as well as on special task forces for the White House on psychological operations and cyber warfare. More

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1988. First edition. First edition [stated]. First printing [stated]. Trade paperback. 188 p. Illustrations (color). Photographers Notes. End Notes. Source Notes. Index. More

New York: Am Academic Assoc for Peace, 1975. 26 cm, 105, wraps, footnotes, some wear to cover edges, mailing label on rear cover, rear cover creased. More

New York: Simon & Schuster, c1992. First Printing. 25 cm, 223, index, small tear in margin of p. 195 & small rough spots in margin of pp. 194-195--no loss of text. Inscribed by the author. More

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. 320 pages. Illus., maps, index, slight wear and soiling to DJ. Moshe Arens (born 27 December 1925) is an Israeli aeronautical engineer, researcher and former diplomat and Likud politician. During World War II, Arens served in the United States Army Corps of Engineers as a technical sergeant. Following the Israeli Declaration of Independence in 1948, Arens moved to the new State of Israel and joined the Irgun. In March 1949, he returned to Israel, and became a founding member of the Herut party, which had grown out of the Irgun. He began working as an engineer for an American company dealing in designing water systems for Tel Aviv. From 1962 until 1971 he was a Deputy Director General at Israel Aircraft Industries, where he was in charge of most major development projects, including the Kfir fighter jet project. In 1971, he won the Israel Defense Prize. A member of the Knesset between 1973 and 1992 and again from 1999 until 2003, he served as Minister of Defense three times and once as Minister of Foreign Affairs. Arens has also served as the Israeli ambassador to the U.S. and was professor at the Technion in Haifa. Inscribed to Ida Lee, perhaps the person a Virginia recreation center was named after and/or Ida Lee the actress, known for Grandmother's House (1988), Defending Your Life (1991) and Guncrazy (1992). More

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. 320 pages. Illustrations. Maps. Index. Slight wear and soiling to DJ. Inscribed by the author to Jim on the fep. Scuff at top corner of fep. Moshe Arens (born 27 December 1925) is an Israeli aeronautical engineer, researcher and former diplomat and Likud politician. During World War II, Arens served in the United States Army Corps of Engineers as a technical sergeant. Following the Israeli Declaration of Independence in 1948, Arens moved to the new State of Israel and joined the Irgun. In March 1949, he returned to Israel, and became a founding member of the Herut party, which had grown out of the Irgun. He began working as an engineer for an American company dealing in designing water systems for Tel Aviv. From 1962 until 1971 he was a Deputy Director General at Israel Aircraft Industries, where he was in charge of most major development projects, including the Kfir fighter jet project. In 1971, he won the Israel Defense Prize. A member of the Knesset between 1973 and 1992 and again from 1999 until 2003, he served as Minister of Defense three times and once as Minister of Foreign Affairs. Arens has also served as the Israeli ambassador to the U.S. and was professor at the Technion in Haifa. More

New York: Scribner, [1972]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 23 cm, 360, illus., front DJ flap folded, some soiling to edges. More

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995. First Printing. Hardcover. 24 cm, 318 pages. Illustrations. Map. Index. Pencil erasure residue on fep. The author was at one time the spokesperson for Palestinians in the occupied territories. Hanan Daoud Khalil Ashrawi (born October 8, 1946) is a Palestinian legislator, activist, and scholar. She was a protégée, colleague and friend of Edward Said. Ashrawi was an important leader during the First Intifada, served as the official spokesperson for the Palestinian Delegation to the Middle East peace process, and has been elected numerous times to the Palestinian Legislative Council. Ashrawi is a member of former Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad's Third Way party. She is the first woman elected to the Palestinian National Council. Ashrawi serves on the Advisory Board of several organizations including the World Bank Middle East and North Africa (MENA), United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) and the International Human Rights Council. More

New York: Scribner, c1990. First Printing. 25 cm, 246, maps, black mark on fore-edge. An account from the front lines by a member of the Israeli Parliament. More

Briarcliff Manor, NY: Stein and Day, 1984. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 261, illus., maps. More

Washington, DC: American Enterprise Inst. 1975. First? Printing. 23 cm, 91, wraps, covers somewhat scuffed. More

New York: Crown Publishers, 2014. First Edition [stated]. Hardcover. Glued binding. Paper over boards. xiv, [4], 430 pages. Illustrations, black & white. Cast of Characters. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Endpaper map. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Kai Bird (born September 2, 1951) is an American author and columnist. He won a Pulitzer Prize for American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer. Bird's biographical works include The Color of Truth: McGeorge Bundy and William Bundy, Brothers in Arms and The Chairman: John J. McCloy and the Making of the American Establishment. His Crossing Mandelbaum Gate: Coming of Age Between the Arabs and Israelis, 1956–1978, is a meld of memoir and history. The Good Spy: The Life and Death of Robert Ames is a biography of CIA officer Robert Ames, whose career focus was the Middle East. Ames played a key role in starting the peace process that led to the Oslo accords between Israel and the PLO. Ames perished in the April 18, 1983 truck bombing of the American embassy in Beirut. More