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First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, somewhat edge-bumped and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; xxii,448p ; 26cm. Subjects; United States. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations History. Admirals United States Biography. Robert William Love. History of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. Naval Institute Press 1980. US Navy. Naval administration. Military history. Bureaucratic history. Modernization. Naval leadership. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xxii, 448pp. Illustrations. Fine/near fine. A superb and tight first edition of this collection of biographical essays -- with choice autograph addition: Tipped to the front flyleaf is a 5" X 3" heavy stock card signed boldly in black ballpoint by Elmore R. Zumwalt, n.p., dated 1986 September 4 in his hand. Fine. Zumwalt was the 19th and final of the naval figures discussed in this reference. Zumwalt (1920-2000) was the American navy's youngest four-star admiral ever and the commander in Vietnam who ordered the use of Agent Orange -- from which his own son contracted cancer. Zumwalt's original transmittal envelope is laid in as well.…