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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Former Whitehall insider Gill Bennett unravels the story of six crucial British foreign policy challenges since the Second World War, from the Korean War to the Falklands conflict, offering an inside account of episodes that shaped Britain's position in the world for decades to come - and in some cases still arouse controversy to this day. Lifting the lid on the making of British foreign policy from Clement Attlee to Margaret Thatcher, Bennett reveals each decision in a way that has never been done before: telling the story from the inside out and without hindsight. The result is a book that explains not just why these controversial decisions were taken, but one that shows us how history is actually made - and also just how difficult these big decisions really were. Gill Bennett considers exactly what ministers knew at the time; how personal experience, relationships, past events and prevailing circumstance influenced the decision-making process; and how the balance of history was tipped in each case: by argument, moral imperative, obligation - or even sheer force of personality. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

Zustand: New. In.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 55 pages. 11.00x8.50x0.14 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 85 pages. 11.00x8.50x0.22 inches. In Stock.

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Wraps. Zustand: Good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. 16 pages. Illustrations. References. Cover has some wear and soiling. Beverly Follis worked in the History Office of the Air Force Systems Command from 1982 through 1992 as an Individual Mobilization Augmentee. Her work involved various projects involving research and writing. Some projects were very extensive requiring months of research and writing. Research was accomplished through interviews, reading current material such as newspapers and periodicals, scanning files of data and library research. She became a full time Command Historian about a year before the Command closed at Andrews AFB, Washington, D.C., to merge into the Air Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. Her duties were to supervise the completion of the final annual history of Air Force Systems Command; to supervise the transfer of 6 tons of the archives (to include classified documents) from Washington, D.C. to Dayton, OH. Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) is a major command of the United States Air Force (USAF). AFMC was created on July 1, 1992, through the amalgamation of the former Air Force Logistics Command (AFLC) and the former Air Force Systems Command (AFSC). AFMC is headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The commander of AFMC is General Ellen M. Pawlikowski and the vice commander is Major General Warren D. Berry. Chief Master Sergeant Jason L. France is the Command Chief. AFMC is one of ten Air Force Major Commands (MAJCOM) and has a workforce of approximately 80,000 military and civilian personnel. It is the Air Force's largest command in terms of funding and second in terms of personnel. AFMC's operating budget represents 31 percent of the total Air Force budget and AFMC employs more than 40 percent of the Air Force's total civilian workforce. The command conducts research, development, testing and evaluation, and provides the acquisition and life cycle management services and logistics support. The command develops, acquires and sustains the aerospace power needed to defend the United States and its interests. This is accomplished through research, development, testing, evaluation, acquisition, maintenance and program management of existing and future USAF weapon systems and their components.…

Wraps. Zustand: good, ex-lib. Presumed First Edition/First Printing. 29 cm, 266 pages. Wraps, illus., usual library markings, covers worn. Signed by Representative Connie Morella (R-MD).

Zustand: New. In 1998, Chief Historian of the Foreign Office Gill Bennett was commissioned by Foreign Secretary Robin Cook to get to the bottom of a mystery that had haunted the Labour Party-and British politics more generally-for over seventy years. This is the story of.

Zustand: New. KlappentextThe War Department had directed that the history of the military occupation of Germany and Austria in World War II be recorded and interpreted as the events transpired. The Occupation Forces in Europe Series consists of a seri.

Zustand: New. KlappentextThe War Department had directed that the history of the military occupation of Germany and Austria in World War II be recorded and interpreted as the events transpired. The Occupation Forces in Europe Series consists of a seri.

Zustand: very good. First? Edition. First? Printing. 29 cm, 266, illus.

Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. 224 pages, with black and white photographs throughout. Blue cloth covers with gold titles, top and base of spine, corners are bumped and worn, edges of spine worn with tears at top and base of spine, covers are scuffed, binding is loose, edges of text and endpapers are lightly yellowed, rear endpaper is torn at hinge, Fair. Book.…

Soft cover. Zustand: New. 1st Edition. Air Marshall Geoff Brown is pleased to commend this 'snapshot history' of the RAAF to anyone with an interest in the story of air power in Australia. as the Air Force steadily edges towards achieving aa century of service to the nation, it is entirely fitting that we improve our understanding of what has made the Service what it has become. This book is dedicated to the nearly 310 000 men and women who have served in the Royal Australian Air Force since 1921.…

Zustand: good. First? Edition. First? Printing. 29 cm, 266, wraps, illus., some wear to cover edges. Inscribed by Representative Connie Morella (R-MD).

Zustand: very good. Washington, D.C. : United States Government Printing Office, 1985. Paperback. xxvi, 963 pp. Library stamp. Condition : very good copy. Keywords : POLITICS.

Zustand: good. 24 cm, 772, index, stamp of the Embassy of Venezuela on title page and bottom edge, pencil erasure on front endpaper.

1p, 12mo. In fair condition, lightly aged and worn. From the celebrated manuscript collection of Richard Monckton Milnes (Lord Houghton). The recipient is not named. Reads: 'My dear Sir/ | I have no doubt but that any statement which you may make to the Speaker will be in strict accordance with the facts; and I shall be always ready to bear testimony to your services during your connection with me - but for that very reason, I should not wish to impute [last word underlined three times] any document which you may have to present to him. Yrs ever faithfully | Francis Palgrave'. Postscript: 'I shall be here 'till 2 oClock & glad to see you.' In red ink, in a circle at head of page: '164'.…

First Thus. NEW. Auburn cloth boards, blind stamped cover decoration - Department of State shield emblem, brilliant bright gold titling on spine. Absolutely tight uncracked spine, never read. [B107].

Hardcover, cloth cover. Zustand: good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. 224 pages. Decorative cover. Illustrated endpapers. Color frontispiece. Illustrations. Index. Wise and Company promotional postcard still affixed after page 224. Pages slightly darkened, boards & spine somewhat scuffed & faded. Task Force One (TF 1) was organized on 11 January 1946. It followed the basic principles employed during World War II to develop amphibious task forces, but incorporated needs of the scientific program. The joint task force staff comprised Army, Navy, and civilian scientific personnel. This joint staff maintained liaison with the War and Navy Departments, the Manhattan Engineer District, and other government agencies. Commander Joint Task Force 1 [CJTF 1] maintained liaison with two boards of special interest, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) Evaluation Board and the President's Evaluation Commission. The Evaluation Board was to advise CJTF 1 during preparation for the tests and evaluate test results. The Evaluation Commission was to cooperate with the War and Navy Departments in conducting the tests, and to undertake a study of the tests and to submit its observations to the President along with findings, conclusions, and recommendations. JTF 1 was subdivided into eight task groups, each of which performed some specific function. Task Group 1.1 (Technical Group); Task Group 1.2 (Target Vessel Group); Task Group 1.3 (Transport Group); Task Group 1.4 (Army Ground Group); Task Group 1.5 (Army Air Group); Task Group 1.6 (Navy Air Group); Task Group 1.7 (Destroyer Surface Patrol Group); and Task Group 1.8 (Service Group). Operation Crossroads was a pair of nuclear weapon tests conducted by the United States at Bikini Atoll in mid-1946. They were the first nuclear weapon tests since Trinity in July 1945, and the first detonations of nuclear devices since the atomic bombing of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. The purpose of the tests was to investigate the effect of nuclear weapons on warships. The Crossroads tests were the first of many nuclear tests held in the Marshall Islands, and the first to be publicly announced beforehand and observed by an invited audience, including a large press corps. They were conducted by Joint Army/Navy Task Force One, headed by Vice Admiral William H. P. Blandy rather than by the Manhattan Project, which had developed nuclear weapons during World War II. A fleet of 95 target ships was assembled in Bikini Lagoon and hit with two detonations of Fat Man plutonium implosion-type nuclear weapons of the kind dropped on Nagasaki, each with a yield of 23 kilotons of TNT (96 TJ). The first test was Able. The bomb was named Gilda after Rita Hayworth's character in the 1946 film Gilda, and was dropped from the B-29 Superfortress Dave's Dream of the 509th Bombardment Group on July 1, 1946. It detonated 520 feet above the target fleet and caused less than the expected amount of ship damage because it missed its aim point by 2,130 feet. The second test was Baker. The bomb was known as Helen of Bikini and was detonated 90 feet underwater on July 25, 1946. Radioactive sea spray caused extensive contamination. A third deep-water test named Charlie was planned for 1947 but was canceled primarily because of the United States Navy's inability to decontaminate the target ships after the Baker test. Ultimately, only nine target ships were able to be scrapped rather than scuttled. Charlie was rescheduled as Operation Wigwam, a deep-water shot conducted in 1955 off the coast of Baja California. Planners attempted to protect participants in the Operation Crossroads tests against radiation sickness, but one study showed that the life expectancy of participants was reduced by an average of three months. The Baker test's radioactive contamination of all the target ships was the first case of immediate, concentrated radioactive fallout from a nuclear explosion. Chemist Glenn T. Seaborg, the longest-serving chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, called Baker "the world's first nuclear disaster.". …

Zustand: Fair. Presumed First Edition, First printing. 224 pages. Cover decorated with large mushroom cloud and gold lettering. Illustrated endpapers. Color frontispiece. Illustrations. Index. Some damp staining at top edge and inside rear board. Pages slightly darkened, boards & spine somewhat scuffed & faded. Task Force One (TF 1) was organized on 11 January 1946. It followed the basic principles employed during World War II to develop amphibious task forces, but incorporated needs of the scientific program. The joint task force staff comprised Army, Navy, and civilian scientific personnel. This joint staff maintained liaison with the War and Navy Departments, the Manhattan Engineer District, and other government agencies. Commander Joint Task Force 1 [CJTF 1] maintained liaison with two boards of special interest, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) Evaluation Board and the President's Evaluation Commission. The Evaluation Board was to advise CJTF 1 during preparation for the tests and evaluate test results. The Evaluation Commission was to cooperate with the War and Navy Departments in conducting the tests, and to undertake a study of the tests and to submit its observations to the President along with findings, conclusions, and recommendations. JTF 1 was subdivided into eight task groups, each of which performed some specific function. Task Group 1.1 (Technical Group); Task Group 1.2 (Target Vessel Group); Task Group 1.3 (Transport Group); Task Group 1.4 (Army Ground Group); Task Group 1.5 (Army Air Group); Task Group 1.6 (Navy Air Group); Task Group 1.7 (Destroyer Surface Patrol Group); and Task Group 1.8 (Service Group). Operation Crossroads was a pair of nuclear weapon tests conducted by the United States at Bikini Atoll in mid-1946. They were the first nuclear weapon tests since Trinity in July 1945, and the first detonations of nuclear devices since the atomic bombing of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. The purpose of the tests was to investigate the effect of nuclear weapons on warships. The Crossroads tests were the first of many nuclear tests held in the Marshall Islands, and the first to be publicly announced beforehand and observed by an invited audience, including a large press corps. They were conducted by Joint Army/Navy Task Force One, headed by Vice Admiral William H. P. Blandy rather than by the Manhattan Project, which had developed nuclear weapons during World War II. A fleet of 95 target ships was assembled in Bikini Lagoon and hit with two detonations of Fat Man plutonium implosion-type nuclear weapons of the kind dropped on Nagasaki, each with a yield of 23 kilotons of TNT (96 TJ). The first test was Able. The bomb was named Gilda after Rita Hayworth's character in the 1946 film Gilda, and was dropped from the B-29 Superfortress Dave's Dream of the 509th Bombardment Group on July 1, 1946. It detonated 520 feet above the target fleet and caused less than the expected amount of ship damage because it missed its aim point by 2,130 feet. The second test was Baker. The bomb was known as Helen of Bikini and was detonated 90 feet underwater on July 25, 1946. Radioactive sea spray caused extensive contamination. A third deep-water test named Charlie was planned for 1947 but was canceled primarily because of the United States Navy's inability to decontaminate the target ships after the Baker test. Ultimately, only nine target ships were able to be scrapped rather than scuttled. Charlie was rescheduled as Operation Wigwam, a deep-water shot conducted in 1955 off the coast of Baja California. Planners attempted to protect participants in the Operation Crossroads tests against radiation sickness, but one study showed that the life expectancy of participants was reduced by an average of three months. The Baker test's radioactive contamination of all the target ships was the first case of immediate, concentrated radioactive fallout from a nuclear explosion. Chemist Glenn T. Seaborg, the longest-serving chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, called Baker "the world's first nuclear disaster." Hardcover, leatherlike cover material.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. 224 pages. Illustrated endpaper. Paper clip mark at top of first several pages. Minor staining at bottom of some pages. Color frontis of a mushroom cloud. Illustrations. Index. Some pages slightly darkened, boards and spine somewhat scuffed and faded. Includes "A Message for the Commander Joint Task Force One" signed in the plate by Admiral William Blandy. Laid in is an original and two carbon copies of a brief presentation communication from H. R. Carson, Executive Secretary, Joint Crossroads Committee dated 14 March 1947 to Captain I. H. Nunn, USN forwarding 'for your personal use' this copy of "OPERATION CROSSROADS, THE OFFICIAL PICTORIAL RECORD". It is increasingly rare to find copies with specific connections to Operation Crossroads or the Joint Crossroads Committee. Captain Ira H. Nunn continued to serve in the Navy, retiring with the rank of Read Admiral in 1963. His WWII service was distinguished. He commanded Destroyer Squadrons and was awarded the Navy Cross and the Bronze Star and a Gold Star in lieu of a second Bronze Star medal for heroic actions at Leyte and Okinawa and highly effective anti-submarine operations. His primary career was as a Navy lawyer. During Operation Crossroads he has significant responsibilities for coordination with the legislative branch. The atomic weapons testing program was the subject of intense Congressional and public interest. Operation Crossroads was a pair of nuclear weapon tests conducted by the United States at Bikini Atoll in mid-1946. They were the first nuclear weapon tests since Trinity in July 1945, and the first detonations of nuclear devices since the atomic bombing of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. The purpose of the tests was to investigate the effect of nuclear weapons on warships. The Crossroads tests were the first of many nuclear tests held in the Marshall Islands, and the first to be publicly announced beforehand and observed by an invited audience, including a large press corps. They were conducted by Joint Army/Navy Task Force One, headed by Vice Admiral William H. P. Blandy rather than by the Manhattan Project, which had developed nuclear weapons during World War II. A fleet of 95 target ships was assembled in Bikini Lagoon and hit with two detonations of Fat Man plutonium implosion-type nuclear weapons of the kind dropped on Nagasaki, each with a yield of 23 kilotons of TNT (96 TJ). The first test was Able. The bomb was named Gilda after Rita Hayworth's character in the 1946 film Gilda, and was dropped from the B-29 Superfortress Dave's Dream of the 509th Bombardment Group on July 1, 1946. It detonated 520 feet (158 m) above the target fleet and caused less than the expected amount of ship damage because it missed its aim point by 2,130 feet (649 m). The second test was Baker. The bomb was known as Helen of Bikini and was detonated 90 feet (27 m) underwater on July 25, 1946. Radioactive sea spray caused extensive contamination. A third deep-water test named Charlie was planned for 1947 but was canceled primarily because of the United States Navy's inability to decontaminate the target ships after the Baker test. Ultimately, only nine target ships were able to be scrapped rather than scuttled. The Baker test's radioactive contamination of all the target ships was the first case of immediate, concentrated radioactive fallout from a nuclear explosion.…

New illustrated edition hard back binding in publisher's original gilt decorated aubergine cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back, black paper end papers. 12mo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains (xliii), 332 pp with many full-page single-sided monochrome illustrations throughout on slightly thicker brown card stock. Old sello marks to the inner gutter, spine much sun faded, binding strong and sound. Member of the P.B.F.A. ENGLISH HISTORY.…

An interesting item, providing a sidelight into the process of Victorian scholarly editing and publication. Fitchew's letter is 2pp, 4to, on the outer pages of a bifolium; the inner pages being filled with notes (citations?) in a minuscule hand, possibly the recipient's. In good condition, lightly aged and worn, and folded for postage. Addressed to 'H. W. Wilson' and signed 'E. H. Fitchew'. The letter begins: 'Dear Mr. Wilson / I think it is possible we may want a little more letterpress, but probably not much. Up to end of pt. 7 we have used 82 slips. I suppose deletion & added matter about balance each other, & we may therefore reckon remainder of book on the same basis. We have 27 slips, which should fill about 56 pp.' He continues in the same vein, discussing preface and index. Ends with discussion of question, 'Would you prefer to add to Chap. IX or only to Chap X?' There is some annotation in the second hand to the left of Fitchew's signature, and beneath it an illegible note in blue pencil. The book in question is 'Nelson and His Times' by Rear-Admiral Lord Charles Beresford and H. W. Wilson, 'With many illustrations mostly from contemporary sketches, selected, arranged, and annotated by Edward H. Fitchew', which was printed by Her Majesty's Printers Eyre & Spottiswoode, and published by Harmsworth Brothers Ltd in 1898. See image of additional annotation presumed by Wilson.…