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

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Zustand: Good. Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. Volume 1. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

Zustand: Good. Signed Copy . Acceptable dust jacket. Inscribed by author on half title page. Hinges cracking. (United States History, Politics, Government) NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

Zustand: Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. (United States, Department of Defense, National Security) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.…

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 54 pages. 11.00x8.50x0.14 inches. In Stock.

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Hardcover. Zustand: very good condition. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: very good. First Edition. First Printing. xxii, 504, 920 pages. Footnotes. Illustrations (with 16 pages of plates). Appendix. Index. Compelling memoir of this former ambassador and his work under Presidents for fifty years. Paul Henry Nitze (January 16, 1907 October 19, 2004) was an American businessman and government official who served as United States Deputy Secretary of Defense, U.S. Secretary of the Navy, and Director of Policy Planning for the U.S. State Department. He is best known for being the principal author of NSC 68 and the co-founder of Team B. He helped shape U.S. Cold War defense policy over the course of numerous presidential administrations. preeminent figure in Washington and a key policymaker, Nitze here provides a memoir with a sweeping inside view of key post-1945 foreign-policy events--the Marshall Plan, Berlin blockade, H-bomb decision, Korean War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam, SALT I and II, INF and SDI--but the writing is as factually dull as a briefing paper. Nitze relates his early background only briefly and concentrates on his long years of public service. Born in 1907 in Amherst, educated at Harvard, an investment banker in the 1930's, Nitze entered public service during WW II, working for most subsequent Presidents, including Bush, for whom he is a top arms negotiator. Major policy-making events of his career range from the 1940's US Strategic Bombing Survey to the arms accords of 1970's and 1980's. Nitze played key roles in the 1972 SALT I and 1979 SALT II negotiations, the results of which represented the first steps in exerting control over the nuclear arms race. A tough negotiator, deeply knowledgeable about the intricacies of arms, Nitze felt the Soviets gained the most from SALT I in that is recognized their existing lead in missiles but that, with the US also winning key concessions, the final result was worthwhile. SALT II, on the other hand, gave Nitze doubts, and he recommended changes to the US Senate, which never ratified it. Regarding the INF negotiations of the 1980's, Nitze here reveals details of his famous "walk in the woods" with his Soviet counterpart, Yuli Kvitsinskiy. In the five Summits of the Reagan years, Nitze proved to be a strong backer of SDI, and he does not believe its theoretical development and testing are in conflict with the first SALT agreement. Gorbachev, he feels, has great "tactical brilliance" in foreign policy but is much less effective domestically. An important, up-close account that's nearly spoiled by its wooden style. Peter Turley (Author/Jacket photograph) (illustrator).…

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Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 598 pages. 9.69x7.48x1.42 inches. In Stock.

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Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 235 pages. 8.50x5.75x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: Good. Signed Copy . Good dust jacket. Inscribed by editor on half title page. Volume 1. Foxed on endpage and pastedown. Shelf worn. Shelf cocked. Corner bumped. Foxed on page edges. (secretary of defense, history, united states) NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

hardcover. Zustand: Gut. 220 Seiten; 9780819176158.3 Gewicht in Gramm: 1.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 131 pages. 8.98x5.91x0.51 inches. In Stock.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book provides a comprehensive analysis of Paul H. Nitze's influence on the making of U.S. national security policy, as well as his recent involvement in arms control negotiations with a discussion of Nitze's role in the SALT and Euromissile talks.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The first volume of the history of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, written by the office's own Historical Office. It covers the founding of the office and key events, policies, and persons, especially in light of the early stages of the Cold War.

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Format is approximately 7 inches by 10 inches. xi, [3], 667, [3] pages. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrations (Photographs, Charts and Tables). Fold-outs List of Abbreviations. Notes. Note on Sources and Selected Bibliography. Index. DJ is quite worn, torn and soiled. The first volume in an important new series that will provide a comprehensive history of the Office of the Secretary of Defense traces the evolution of OSD from its establishment in September 1947 to the outbreak of the Korean War in June 1950. As the title indicates, these were years of beginnings that ushered in the present-day era of service unification and saw the development of polices and programs that would have lasting impact on national security. The book opens with the swearing-in of the first Secretary of Defense, James Forrestal, who faced the dual challenge of effecting unification of the armed forces and of reconstituting U.S. defense policy to meet an increasing array of problems and threats abroad, with the Cold War with the Soviet Union heading the list. His successor, Louis Johnson, had the benefit of amendments in 1949 that enhanced the secretary's power. Johnson confronted fierce interservice competition for scarce funds, and deeply divisive quarrels, especially between the Air Force and the Navy, over the assignment of roles and missions. A series of chapters on the making of the defense budgets for the period strikingly illuminates the intricate relationships among strategic policies, military programs, roles and missions, and money. A richly documented volume, it draws on a wide variety of primary and secondary sources to present a commanding account of the evolution of both defense organization and national security polity during the critical post-World War II years. Rearden's volume implicitly raises larger historical issues. To mention one: Defense officials, repeatedly exasperated over the failure of higher authority to articulate United States foreign policy, faced an uncomfortable choice between guessing it in order to plan for contingencies and looking foolish by failing to have contingency plans ready. The first volume in an important new series that will provide a comprehensive history of the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), The Formative Years traces the evolution of the OSD from its establishment in September 1947 to the outbreak of the Korean War in June 1950. As the title indicates, these were years of beginnings that ushered in the present-day era of service unification and saw the development of policies and programs that would have lasting impact on national security. Problems abroad threatened to embroil the United States in conflicts for which it was largely unprepared. Students of foreign affairs will be especially interested in the chapters on assistance to Greece and Turkey under the Truman Doctrine, the partitioning of Palestine and the ensuing Arab-Israeli conflict, the civil war in China and its repercussions throughout the Far East, including the early stages of U.S. involvement in Vietnam, and the Berlin crisis of 1948-49, which nearly led to a military showdown with the Soviet Union. Subsequent chapters examine the development of the atomic energy program and growing U.S. reliance on nuclear weapons, the creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the origins of the worldwide Mutual Defense Assistance Program, and the drafting of NSC 68, the landmark policy paper that in 1950, on the eve of the Korean War, proposed an unprecedented program of peacetime rearmament.…

Hardcover. Presumed first edition/first printing. Volume I ONLY. xi, 667 pages. 26 cm. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrations, Maps, Portraits. Notes. Note on Sources and Selected Bibliography. Index. This first volume in the History of the Office of the Secretary of Defense traces the evolution of OSD from its establishment in September 1947 to the outbreak of the Korean War in June 1950. The work opens with the swearing-in of James Forrestal who was succeeded by Louis Johnson. Very good in good dust jacket. DJ has wear, soiling, and tears at flap edge.…