kent state u p (17 résultats)

Soft cover. Etat : Fine. First Thus edition. Wrappers Illustrated.

Etat : Fine. First edition. Fine. Previous owner's name / date on front inside panel, gold lettering on cloth spine, text edges slightly soiled.

1st edition stiff wrappers As New 8vo. xvii + 150pp., index, "Counterfactual questions, if kept within the parameters of what was possible at the time and place, can often help us better understand events of the past. In so doing, they can sometimes bring about a 'paradigm shift' a new way of thinking about history and hence of grasping its meaning. While the events described in the opening sections are fanciful, the underlying points, I believe are valid.".

2nd printing stiff wrappers Very Nice Copy octavo xiii + 328pp., b/w plates, maps, glossary, appends., bibliog., index, In mid-June 1943, Snelling Robinson joined the pre-commissioning crew of the Fletcher class destroyer USS Cotten. Under the command of Admiral Raymond Spruance, the Fifth Fleet was given orders to invade Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands in November 1943. This offensive, along with naval battles in the Philippine Sea, the Leyte Gulf, and the invasion of Iwo Jima in February 1945, is chronicled from the perspective of a young deck officer and is integrated with the background of the larger conflict, including the politics of command. Owners' bookplate on the front end paper o/w 'as new'.

1st edition stiff wrappers As New small octavo viii + 252pp., b/w plates, maps, notes, bibliog., index, Robinett led armoured troop in Operation Torch and at the American defeat at Kasserine Pass.

1st edition stiff wrappers As New small octavo viii + 192pp., notes, bibliog., index, 'For more than 40 years, the Atlantic Alliance has been the major U.S. foreign policy commitment of every administration. Through political and military commitments to 11, and ultimately 15, other nations, the United States through NATO had abandoned an isolationist tradition of more than 150 years.'.

1st edition dust jacket As New octavo x + 305pp., sources, index, 'War, armed conflict, and military service have likely inspired more textual testimonies than any other human event. With contributing authors such as Lynn Z. Bloom, Margaretta Jolly, Robert Lawson-Peebles, and Robert Shenk, the critical essays extend from Xenophon's memoir of his two-year march with the mercenaries of the Persian Prince Cyrus, through Canadian accounts of the Boer War and American civilian women's narratives of confinement in WWII Japanese internment camps, to Vietnam veterans' online testimonials and post - Persian Gulf War memoirs'.

1st edition dust jacket As New octavo viii + 228pp., frontis., b/w plates, notes, bibliog., index, 'In support of the recent thesis that Civil War historians and military critics have over estimated the abilities of Confederate generals as compared to Northern commanders, this study reveals serious deficiencies in logistical command exhibited by high ranking rebel generals. Lash argues that Johnston's failure to effectively use the South's railroads seriously damaged the Confederate effort.'.

1st edition dust jacket As New octavo xiii + 251pp., b/w plates, notes, bibliog., index, 'The 1952 court-martial of Major General Robert W. Grow, senior U.S. military attach in Moscow during the Korean War era, involved a general officer who had used questionable judgement in securing a personal diary that contained impolitic statements portions of which had been photocopies by an alleged Soviet agent in Frankfurt, West Germany. White the State Department and Central Intelligence Agency recommended refuting the implications of the published diary, the Army Staff decided to prosecute the unfortunate attach . Grow, a career soldier, welcomed a formal hearing in order to clear his name. The result became an exercise in Army politics and an example of the corruption of the military justice system through managerial careerism and unlawful command influence.'.

1st edition dust jacket As New octavo xviii + 268pp., b/w plates, maps, notes, bibliog., index, Smith served in Iceland in 1940, the Pacific campaigns, & in Korea, where it is claimed that he organised a successful retreat (rout) with minimal losses. Owner's bookplate on front end paper o/w 'as new'.

1st edition dust jacket As New octavo xv + 184pp., frontis., b/w plates, index, Author describes his experiences serving on board the USS Elden (DE 264), a destroyer escort in the Central Pacific from 1943 to 1945.

1st edition dust jacket Nice Copy octavo xiv + 266pp., frontis., b/w pls., bibliog., index, The most widely known & respected officer of the 20th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry.

1st edition dust jacket Near Fine octavo xx + 257pp., appends., index, An interesting execise in historical research. Study of how a prominent Nazi living in Switzerland altered his Diaries to give an entirely different spin to his position and beliefs.

1st edition dust jacket Fine octavo xv + 216pp., b/w pls., maps, appendix, bibliog., index, Series of Letters from two brothers chronicling their experiences as Medical Corpsmen in the First Marine Division.

1st edition dust jacket Fine octavo xx + 257pp., appends., index, An interesting execise in historical research. Study of how a prominent Nazi living in Switzerland altered his Diaries to give an entirely different spin to his position and beliefs.

1st edition dust jacket Near Fine octavo xx + 257pp., appends., index, The Original & Revised World War II Diaries of Curt Prufer, Nazi Diplomat.

new edition hardback in original cloth Nice copy quarto xxviii +400pp., b/w plates, text ills., bibliog., index, Chapters: musical literacy; transcription & notation; organology; field methods & the human equation; field methods & the technical equation; quest for the norms of style; scientific methods & the laboratory; communications. Complete with three 33 1/3 rpm records in rear pocket. Scarce & important.