Kirkpatrick Lyman (58 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. first edition/first printing book is tight with no markings, minor soiling to page edges, dj is price clipped, some rubbing and soiling.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Softcover booklet in excellent condition. Research from the library of national defense and intelligence expert Harry Howe Ransom. Bright clean and tight.No underlining.No prior owner name.43 ages. Shelf 336.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First printing. Gilt lettering on red & blue covers in a black pictorial dust jacket. 8vo, 303pp. The dust jacket is chipped on the top edge.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Clean, off-white pages. Wrappers have light handling wear. ; Colbert, Challenge! Frosch, Navy research and development. Kirkpatrick, Cold War operations: the politics of communist confrontation. Set and drift. Holt, Prisoners of war: prescriptive conduct and compliance in captiv esituations. Hansen, Defining aggresssion - United States policy. Professional reading. The barometer - readers' comments. ; 9.5" tall; 120 pages.

First printing (as stated upon copyright page). Hardcover. Dust jacket rubbed; light soiling to white rear panel; short tear to rear flap fold; front flap is not price-clipped. Blue cloth with vibrant gilt and maroon stramping to spine. Colored top edge; deckle fore-edge. Interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. Lyman Kirkpatrick examines Operation Barbarossa, Pearl Harbor, Dieppe, Arnhem, and the Battle of the Bulge (Ardennes Offensive).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Second Printing inscribed by Kirkpatrick on the front endpaper in 1979 with an agenda of his appearance laid in along with newspaper articles that have left toning marks on the front endpaper and inside cover. A near fine copy ( with the toning) in a fine DJ, now protected in archival mylar. See my photos of the book you will receive, not stock photos. All books are wrapped in bubble wrap and shipped in a cardboard box. USPS tracking provided. #305. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. vg/vg. WWII; 2271.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. With mylar wrapper. 303pp. Maps. Good+ copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Heavy book may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. Publication of 303 pages. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed and chipped pieces along the edges. The boards are in good condition. Internally the pages are clean and complete. Tightly bound and protected in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

ex libria (usual cancellation stamps pkts etc) 303pp VG+(v sl gum stains to ep's & boards, vsl bruised corners,v sl bumped spine head & foot) d/w VG+(in plastic,v sl rubbed).

Condition: Good. Signed Copy . Good dust jacket. Signed/Inscribed by author on front endpage. (world war 2, ww2, secret service).

Condition: As New. First edition copy. . Very Good dust jacket. From the library of American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter William Safire. (intelligence service).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Hardback. Condition: nrFine. Dust Jacket Condition: VG- DW. First Printing. Red paper covered boards, grey cloth spine lettered in blue. Book is in nearly fine condition with only slightest signs of wear and/or age. Dustwrapper/dustjacket is a bit browned in places and has a closed tear to the top of the spine. Blue marks to inside of spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. 303pp. Spine slightly cocked, near fine in a very good dustwrapper with small chip on bottom edge of front panel, short tear on spine head.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 1st edition ; blue cloth with gold lettering in black, red and yellow dust jacket ; ex-lib ; stamps ; labels ; dustjacket in mylar sleeve, unfortunately attached to covers by thin adhesive strips ; maps ; FAIR. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Corner clipped from front flap. Dust jacket wrapped in protective mylar sleeve. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First Printing. Moderate wear to the jacket. Clean boards, firm binding, unmarked pages and endpapers. Not ex-library, no stickers. Ships in a box.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Insiders guide to the inner workings of the old CIA pre 1968. Lots on Cuba and OSS. Author contracted polio on a secret mission. Later became #2 at CIA. Unmarked NF/NF. Second printing stated.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. This copy is in fine unmarked condition bound in blue cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. Bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is in near fine condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased charges will be quoted. This excellent book, by a former Inspector General and Executive Director of the CIA, describes the role of the failure in gathering and analyzing intelligence behind Barbarossa (German attack on Russia), Pearl Harbor, the 1942 Allied landing at Dieppe, France, the "Market Garden" assault on Arnhem ("A Bridge Too Far"), and the Battle of the Bulge. An author writing a book like this can be subject to many temptations. He could decide to regurgitate at length the already-known history of 20th Century Europe. Or the author could limit his discussion to the battles themselves and not place them in context. Or he could use selective hindsight to point out _in hindsight_ the NOW-"obvious" clues that were missed then. For instance, while there were certainly some indications that Japan would attack Pearl Harbor, there were much stronger indications that Japan would attack elsewhere, and even that Japan would do anything to avoid war with the United States. Kirkpatrick avoids all the temptations to turn his book into something too broad, too narrow, or not taking into account the entire picture presented to policy-makers at the time. What Kirkpatrick does is an excellent job of putting us "at the scene," on BOTH sides of each battle. He points out what intelligence was available to each government relating to these incidents, and how it was used, or misused. He tells us what led to these misperceptions, how the mistaken resulting actions affected the rest of the War, and what might have been done differently with a better use of intelligence. Along the way Kirkpatrick places each action itself into the context of the War and politics. He writes about how stubborn or deluded personalities acted in spite of available information, and the persistent habit of many to overestimate their own capabilities and underestimate the other side's capabilities, together with a sometimes fatal view of the other side's intentions, motivations, and psyche. For instance, the Japanese thought that the attack on Pearl Harbor might well bring about a peace agreement with the U.S. Ref GGG4.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Stated First Edition. New York: MacMillan, 1969. Stated First Edition. Near FIne/Near Fine. Clean blue cloth boards with red title box, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. No names, writing or marks. 303 pgs. with index. Clean dustjacket is unchipped, not price clipped, no tears, mere hint of wear at top of spine. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Book focuses on five key battles of World War II--andthe mistakes on both sides that changed the course of history. 8vo. World War II.

First edition. Hardcover. Top and fore edges and endpapers just slightly foxed, o/w very good in like price-clipped dustjacket. A study which looks at the critical mistakes (on both sides) of five operations of WWII: Barbossa, the German attack on Russia, June 22, 1941; Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941; Dieppe, August 19, 1942; Arnhem, September 17, 1944; The Bulge in the Ardennes, December 16, 1944. Illustrated with b/w maps.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Inscribed by the author to a friend. Jacket protected in mylar. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: New. pp. 320.

Unknown binding. Condition: Good. "This controversial and unprecedented book by the former Executive Director of the CIA reveals the alarming truth behind the most critical intelligence failures of World War II. Captains Without Eyes focuses on five key battles of the Second World War - and the mistakes on both sides that changed the course of history. The inside story of the German invasion of Russia, the Japanese attack on Pearl Habour, Allied catastrophes at Dieppe and Arnhem, the Battle of the Bulge: all major conflicts, and each one a disaster of military intelligence."A synopsis of the intelligence failures of the Second World War in certain battles for both Axis and Allied Powers.Ex military Library stock so expect to see light wear and possible markings and annotations in the text. Dust-jacket in acceptable to good condition. Light to moderate wear, occasional paper nip. Binder in good to very good condition. Light wear. Edges clean and sharp. Boards robust and fairly bright. Sound hinge movement. Quick flickthrough of text shows few marks other than initial library stamp. Overall good condition. 1969 edition Many thanks for looking and supporting independents.

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Paperback / softback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.