Emme Eugene M Editor (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. AAS History Series, Volume 1. Inked gift inscription on rear face of half title page. 310 pages. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Wear to cover edges and corners. Reading crease and two small horizontal creases on spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Blue cloth spine with gray boards. Clean, has a good binding, personal stamp on the title page and dedication page- no other marks or notations.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. American Astronautical Society, San Diego, 1981. Third printing. Softcover. Very good. Sight wear to all edges and light scuff marks to rear cover. A clean, relatively tight copy.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 3rd Printing. xvi, 310 pages. Third printing of Volume 1 in the AAS History Series, that was first published in 1977. Laid in is a handwritten note from Gene Emme to NASA archivist Lee Saegesser, with whom Emme had worked closely for years in the NASA History Office. Emme was NASA's first official historian and the founder of the NASA History Office. Through national meetings, technical meetings, symposia and publications, the American Astronautical Society has provided the perspectives and expertise of the leading American space professionals in advancing all space activities. In this book 13 of those professionals provide important perspectives on the history of flight in the U. S. just after the opening of the National Air and Space Museum. The book offered here is from the personal collection of Lee Saegesser, NASA's chief archivist for 30 years. The book is in very good condition: clean, bright, and tight, with just a hint of edgewear. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. xiv, 914 pages. Footnotes. Illustrations. References. Index. Signed by the author on the title page. Pencil erasure residue on fep. DJ has some wear and soiling. Eugene M. Emme became the NASA chief historian in 1959 and served until his retirement in 1979. Previously he had been a historian with the Air University of the U.S. Air Force. The Eugene M. Emme Award is an award given annually to a person or persons selected by a panel of reviewers from the American Astronautical Society History Committee to recognize "the truly outstanding book published each year serving public understanding about the positive impact of astronautics upon society." The Impact of Air Power is an indispensable tool for the working library of the professional man or student of military and political affairs. A comprehensive yet judicious selection of the best that has been written and said about the exploitation of air space and the influence of air power on historical events; the book is unique. This work contains 118 items that discuss the Nature of Air Power, the Evolution of Air Power, the New Mobility, the Revolution in Warfare, Classical Theories of Air Warfare, World War II, the Lessons of World War II, Small Wars and Limited Military Operations, Aerospace Policy in National Security and World Politics, Soviet Air Policy, American air Policy, Air Power in Europe and Asia, Problems in Defense and Diplomacy, and Astronautics and the Future. Among the authors included are: James Spaight, George Fielding Eliot, Edward Mead Earle, Stefan Possony, Charles Lindbergh, Giulio Douhet, William Mitchell, Billy Mitchell, Trenchard, de Seversky, Carl Spaatz, Omar Bradley, Adolf Galland, Hap Arnold, Erwin Rommel, Tedder, Otto Weyland, Hoyt Vandenberg, George Kenney, Edward Teller, Nathan Twining, Thomas White, Thomas Power, Raymond Garthoff, Herbert Dinerstein. Zhukov, Bernard Baruch, Stuart Symington, Thomas Finletter, Curtis LeMay, Arleigh Burke, John Slessor.