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London: Greenhill Books, 1997. 72 pages illustrated throughout with black and white photographs; color photo illustrated cover. Creased bottom corners of last two pages and some handling wear to covers. The illustrated history of the American soldier, his uniform and his equipment. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefity charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. Pictorial Cover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Schocken Books, 1987. First Edition with full numberline 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 252 bright, white clean pages. Foreword by Stanley Aronowitz. From back: "It comes as no surprise to most Americans that the militarization of our country is a relatively new thing that began about the time of the Korean war... In the course of that state we developed a shadow state dominated by the National Security Council, secret, mendacious, manipulative, authoritarian, virtually immune from the check and balances that are the foundation of our public democracy. -- George Wald, Nobel Laureate" Ex-library with typical markings. Jacket covered in mylar. Very lightly dusty top. Small spot on bottom. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. First. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Memphis, Tennessee: Castle Books, 1988. Very rare signed, numbered title. Numbered, inscribed and signed by author on fep. The frontispiece, a drawing of the author's wife, is also signed by her. One of the American Heroes series. 8vo size blue clothbound hardcover with dust jacket; 445 bright, white pages with some black and white photographs and black and white frontispiece drawing From jacket: "(This book) captures the joy of the victor and the survivor as well as the long shadow of fear and tension on the eve of battle, and the shattering fear in the midst of combat. Here is the lingering sorrow of comrades who do not return from the battle, the loneliness and the boredom between mission, nights filled with excitement mixed with dread, days filled with both laughter and fear... Here is the movie star, Jimmy Stewart, dedicated to the welfare of his men and determined to fly the most dangerous aerial missions with them." Jacket is a bit tattered at head and heel of spine… Leer más

Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1993. Commemorative Edition from United States Navy Memorial Foundation 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 224 pages including index profusely illustrated with black and white photographs and some black and white maps. Dust jacket flap includes details about the US Navy Memorial Foundation. Contents include: Narvik Crete Malta Striking Forces Java Sea Sirte The Philippine Sea Leyte Gulf Nearly new with very light wear to dust jacket. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Hard Cover. As New/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Harper & Row, 1966. Stated First Edition Allen Dulles (1893 - 1969) was the first civilian director of the Central Intelligence Agency. 8vo size red clothbound hardcover with dust jacket; endpapers are maps; 268 pages. Black and white author photograph on back cover. From dust jacket: "This is the first complete, inside account of Operation Sunrise, which brought about he surrender of a million Nazi and Fascist forces in World War II. The surrender was signed April 29, 1945, at Allied Headquarters at the Royal Summer Palace in Caserta, Italy and led directly to the final German capitulation at Rhemis a week later." Several small tears and creasing to top of jacket. . First. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

St. Paul, MN: Penguin High Bridge Audio, 1994. Read by Lee Meriwether From back of package: "Intense media coverage of former Colonel Cammermeyer's dismissal from the U.S. Army has stirred debate... Her Bronze Star for duty in Vietnam, her being named Nurse of the Year and her role as Chief Nurse of the Washington National Guard...abruptly ended in 1992..." In 1989, during a security clearance interview, Cammermeyer disclosed that she is a lesbian. She was honorably discharged because of her sexual orientation and subsequently filed a civil lawsuit. The court ruled that the ban on gays and lesbians serving in the (United States) military was unconstitutional. Cammermeyer returned to the National Guard and served as one of the few openly gay or lesbian people in the U.S. military while the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy was in effect, until her retirement in 1997. A television movie was based on this book. Abridged, 3 hours, on two (2) cassettes houses in… Leer más

Washington, DC: Department of the Navy 67 bright, white pages with black and white photographs. Stapled softcover binding. Covers Fixed Wing Aircraft; Helicopters; Missiles; Ships; Torpedoes, Guns and Fire Control Systems. Couple of light creases on back cover; price sticker on front. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. Stapled. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1997. Edited by Captain E. Earle Rogers, II, USN (Ret.) Foreword by Walter Schirra, USN (Ret.) Photographed by Chad Slattery. Stated First Edition. 4to size hardcover with color photo illustrated dust jacket; 148 heavyweight glossy pages with color photographs throughout, most full page, some two-page spreads. From jacket: "Thin strands of sunlight mark the arrival of a new day at the National Museum of Naval Aviation. As the sun begins its slow trek across the eastern sky, its rays illuminate an F-14 Tomcat... a halo of sunlight outlines silhouettes of four A-4 Skyhawks and reveals a cast of 'Yellow Perils'... (The visitors) hands wander across fabric-covered wings and wooden struts, and eager eyes peer into the depth of cavernous jet engines, there is a tremendous sense of patriotism, reverence and wonder... In one fleeting moment there is captured the exuberance of the World War II fighter pilot, his hands dancing through the… Leer más

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1952. First Edition. Professionally bound in red cloth for library use. Ex-library with typical treatments, many blacked out. 431 lightly toned pages with black and white photographs and maps. Contents include: The German Officers Corps; The Reichswehr and the Weimar Republic; The Reichswehr and the Birth of the Third Reich; Reichswehr to Wehrmacht; The Blomberg-Fritsch Crisis of 1938; Blumenkriege: Austria and Czechoslovakia; Blumenkrieg to Blitzkrieg; more. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. First. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Guildford, CT: Lyons Press, 2004. First Edition Thus with full numberline 8vo size trade paperback; 264 pages From back cover: "He was a master spy from Lord Mounbatten's courageous "X-Troop," a division so secret that few in the military were even aware it existed His daring mission was to convince Hitler that the Allies would land in Calais. Given the code name 'Nimrod,' he had to keep the Nazis from Normandy or risk not only his life, but also the future of the entire free world. To complete the mission, he travelled under so many names that he was sometimes unsure who he was... He was the perfect undercover plant..." Edgewear, bumped bottom corner of back cover and last few pages, two stickers on back cover. . First Thus. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Henry Holt, 2010. Signed by author on title page Stated First Edition with full number line From jacket: "For the last half century, as presidents have come and gone, the basic edifice of U.S. national security policy has remained unchanged: a worldwide military presence; armed forces configured not for defense but for global power protection; and a penchant for interventionism, whether overt or covert, anywhere at any time. Form the age of Harry Truman to the era of Barach Obama, this triad of principles has remained sacrosanct. In a vivid, incisive analysis, (the author) succinctly identifies the origins of this consensus, forged at a moment when American power was t its height. He explains why the consensus persists despite a record of recurring failure. He proposes a radically different approach to national security policy - one with the potential to check the nation's descent into a condition of war without end." Edgewear, bumped head of spine. . Signed by… Leer más

New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1938. 8vo size maroon clothbound hardcover with gilt titles on the spine and embossed borders on the cover; 312 toned pages with some black and white photographs on glossy stock. This is a "biography" of the United States Military Academy at West Point. Ex-library with typical treatments. This volume was professionally rebound for library use in 1940 in treated maroon cloth and heavy replacement endpapers; some tanning to endpapers and inside covers; bumped corners and heel of spine, soil to outside pages; pages 5-6, 109-113 and 124-130 have spots and we noted soil on several other pages; several previously folded page corners. . Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Charlottesville, Virginia: Howell Press, 2002. Folio size (coffee table book) hardcover with photo illustrated dust jacket; 255 glossy pages many with full-page, full color photographs, many two-page spreads Signed and inscribed by photographer Agostino von Hassell on fep. First Edition with full numberline From jacket: "Since its establishment in 1802, by order of President Thomas Jefferson, the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, has prepared officers to lead the armed forces of the world's greatest democracy... Much has changed in the two hundred years since West Point's pioneering beginning. The Academy now trains women, as well as men, to become officers in the United States Army. The Academy has adapted - or rather is constantly adapting - to meet the changing demands of safeguarding American freedom... To commemorate the Academy's bicentennial photographer Agostino von Hassell and writer Herm Dillon gained unprecedented access to the people, places… Leer más

White Stones, Virginia: Brandylane Publishers, 1997. 8vo size trade paperback; 187 pages From back cover: "During World War II, thousands of landing crafts rolled off assembly lines with no formally trained personnel to man them. Ultimately, the Navy's Amphibious Force was manned almost wholly by volunteers who proudly claimed for themselves the title, the Civilian Navy. Join the unforgettable crew of the LSM 911 and other landing craft in this story that reveals the light and colorful side of the distinctive group of civilian sailors and their untested ships." Edgewear, slightly curled front cover. The lamination film is lifting at edges. . Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.