Mcknight clarence e (8 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: As New. Like New condition. A near perfect copy that may have very minor cosmetic defects.

Zustand: Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Zustand: Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. In VG DJ (in protector) ; Blue cloth hardcover. B&W photos, index. Letter reviewing book laid in; 8vo (6.5 X 1 X 9.5 inches); 222 pages.

Zustand: As New. Signed Copy . Like New dust jacket. Inscribed by author opposite the title page.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. 222, [2] pages. Illustrations. Occasional footnotes. Index. The DJ states that McKnight was a General Who Led Dramatic Changes in Military Communications. Clarence Edward "Mac" McKnight Jr. (born 9 September 1929) is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Army whose assignments included Director of the Command, Control and Communications Systems Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; deputy commandant and commandant of the Signal Training Center and commanding general of Fort Gordon. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1952 with a B.S. degree in engineering. He later earned an M.S.E. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan in 1961. His military honors include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, two Army Distinguished Service Medals, the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, three Bronze Star Medals, four Meritorious Service Medals and an Air Medal. The author led the U.S. Army into the modern age of computer warfare developing portals through which avenues of digitalization eventually flowed to civilian use. A graduate of West Point, he rose to the rank of Commanding General of the U.S. Army's Signal Corps developing technology used by all the military services. This is his story beginning as a lieutenant in the Korean War when he used radio communication with pigeon backup to Operation Desert Storm when computer warfare was used for the first time. This is the personal chronicle of Lt. Gen. Clarence E. "Mac" McKnight who served the United States all over the world, rising through the ranks t become senior commander of the Signal Corps. He played a pivotal role in the U.S. Military's transition from the age of carrier pigeons, used in the Korean War, into the modern era of satellites and drones, keeping the services on the cutting edge of emerging digital communications technologies. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 248 pages. 9.00x6.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. A long-overdue bio of a brilliant, if eccentric, senior World War II commander who was unfairly criticized by fellow officers and who has been ill-treated by military historians.&Uumlber den AutorHank H. Cox is a retired.