Carter gen (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Cloth. Zustand: Near fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: near fine. First Edition / First Printing. Octavo, xiv, [2], 622pp. Blue cloth, title in gilt on spine. Light foxing along all edges of text block, internally clean. The first printing, with a full number line on copyright page. Handwritten notes on the front free endpaper and occasional marginalia. In the publisher's dust jacket, $22.50 on the front flap, light shelf wear, a bright, near fine example. Signed on the front free endpaper: "To Dave / J. Carter." General David C. Jones (1921-2013) served as the 9th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1978 to 1982 under Presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan. A U.S. Air Force officer, Jones, advocated for the Goldwater-Nichols Act to improve inter-service cooperation and operational efficiency by making the Chairman the principal military advisor to the president. The act passed after he retired in 1986. Before becoming Chairman, he was the Chief of Staff of the Air Force. Signed first edition, first printing of Keeping Faith by President Jimmy Carter, inscribed to Gen. David Jones, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. (illustrator). Signed.…

hardcover. Zustand: Good.