Naval Analysis Division (33 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No dustjacket as issued. Minor shelf wear to binding with bumps, scuffs, light soiling & small red marks. Light wear & soiling on edges of text block. Tanning & foxing on pastedowns & endpapers. Pages toning with age. Foldout diagrams & maps tipped in.

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

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Spine is tanned, and the lettering is faded, unreadable. ; Illus. , fold-outs ; 289 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Hardcover. 287-576pp. ; numerous folding maps. 'Received" stamped on each endpaper, pages tanned, else very good in publisher's blue cloth.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Good. 1st Edition?. As pictured. Some wear. Very readable copy.

Hardback. Condition: Fair. 346p. many fold out charts & diagrams. Covers all naval engagements 1941-45. Light Blue Cloth. Oversize. Ex.lib. number on spine. Front hinge badly reglued. Fair copy. Book.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Owner's name on inside. (World War 2, Naval Operations, Military History).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 346p. many fold out charts & diagram. Covers all naval engagements 1941-45. Blue Cloth. Ex.lib. label on spine. Spine lettering faint. Clean & tight. Very Good copy.

Hardback. Condition: Near Fine. 346p. many fold out charts & diagrams. Covers all naval engagements 1941-45. Light Blue Cloth. Oversize. Sunned. Near Fine copy. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 346p. many fold out charts & diagram. Covers all naval engagements 1941-45. Blue Cloth. Covers mottled. Good+ copy.

Hardback. Condition: Near Fine. 346p. many fold out charts & diagrams. Covers all naval engagements 1941-45. Light Blue Cloth. Oversize. Lettering faint. Near Fine copy. Book.

Hardback. Condition: Near Fine. 346p. many fold out charts & diagrams. Covers all naval engagements 1941-45. Light Blue Cloth. Oversize. Ex.lib. number on spine. Bookplate. No Rubber stamps, No pocket. Near Fine Copy. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. hardback, 4to, 2 vols, xvi,576pp, numerous maps and charts, slight browning, otherwise clean and sound, no inscriptions, blue cloth gilt, Very Good / no dustwrappers.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st. 346p. many fold out charts & diagrams. Covers all naval engagements 1941-45. Light Blue Cloth. Gilt lettering. Oversize. Fine copy. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 395p. Many foldout charts & diagrams. Covers all naval engagements 1941-45. Blue cloth. Oversize. Near Fine copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 346p. many fold out charts & diagrams. Covers all naval engagements 1941-45. Light Blue Cloth. Oversize. Near Fine Copy. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 346p. many fold out charts & diagram. Covers all naval engagements 1941-45. Blue Cloth. Sunned. Near Fine copy.

Hardback. Condition: Fair. 286p. Folding maps. Light blue cloth. Oversize. Ex.lib. sunned, rubbed. Hinges repaired. Bug damage to last few pages at bottom. Back board bowed. Fair copy. Book.

Buckram. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 389 pages. A study of the Pacific War with stress on the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.The Phillipines,the Coral Sea, Midway. Several fold-out maps and diagrams. Cover dirty and faded.

Wraps. First edition. v, 26 p. Fold-out map. This report is a condensation and revision of reports on this subject initially prepared for the Survey by its Field Team No. 3, headed by Read. Adm. C. T. Durgin, United States Navy. The information in this report was obtained by an examination of Japanese records, by evaluating written replies to specific questions asked of important Japanese Army, Navy, and civil government officials, and by the findings of a Survey team which personally toured Truk's larger islands and studied the history and condition of Japanese Airfields, buildings, installations, and facilities located thereon. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Cover has some wear and soiling. Stamp on front cover blacked over.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. 4to. US Government Printing Office, Washington, DC. 1946. Xv, 395 pgs. , illustrated with many b/w photos, fold-out diagrams, tables. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (boards are shelfworn and faded). Date present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. During World War II, the United States undertook massive aerial attacks against cities and industrial areas in the European and Pacific Theaters to destroy German and Japanese military forces. To study the effects of the bombing, the United States Strategic Bombing Survey (USSBS) was organized in November 1944. The USSBS was assigned two tasks: Establish a basis for evaluating the importance and potential of air power as an instrument of military strategy and Plan the future development of the armed forces The survey was originally conducted in Europe; the Pacific survey was added after the surrender of Japan on August 15, 1945 by the order of President Harry S. Truman. ; 10.7 X 9.1 X 1.3 inches.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. 4to. US Government Printing Office, Washington, DC. 1946. Xv, 395 pgs. , illustrated with many b/w photos, fold-out diagrams, tables. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (boards are shelfworn and faded). Date present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. During World War II, the United States undertook massive aerial attacks against cities and industrial areas in the European and Pacific Theaters to destroy German and Japanese military forces. To study the effects of the bombing, the United States Strategic Bombing Survey (USSBS) was organized in November 1944. The USSBS was assigned two tasks: Establish a basis for evaluating the importance and potential of air power as an instrument of military strategy and Plan the future development of the armed forces The survey was originally conducted in Europe; the Pacific survey was added after the surrender of Japan on August 15, 1945 by the order of President Harry S. Truman. ; 10.7 X 9.1 X 1.3 inches.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 395p. Many foldout charts & diagrams. Covers all naval engagements 1941-45. Blue cloth. Oversize. Fine copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 286p. Folding maps. Light blue cloth. Oversize. Fine copy. Book.

Buckram. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. 389 pages. A study of the Pacific War with stress on the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The Phillipines, the Coral Sea, Midway. Several fold-out maps and diagrams. Clean.

Hardcover. Condition: fair. Presumed First Edition, First printing. xv, [1], 389, [1] pages followed by several fold-outs. Illustrations. Maps. Appendices. Bibliography. Bookplate inside front board. Some minor damp stains to text (no pages stuck). Boards have some scuffs and stains. The United States Strategic Bombing Survey was a written report created by a board of experts assembled to produce an impartial assessment of the effects of Anglo-American strategic bombing of Nazi Germany during the European theater of World War II. After publishing its report, the Survey members then turned their attention to the efforts against Imperial Japan during the Pacific War, including a separate section on the recent use of the atomic bombs. In total, the reports contained 208 volumes for Europe and another 108 for the Pacific, comprising thousands of pages. The reports called strategic bombing "decisive". The report opens with a discussion of the Japanese strategic plans, which were based on an initial victory against the U.S. Navy which would upset any U.S. plans in the Pacific for an estimated 18 months to 2 years. It was possible to reconstruct much of wartime Japanese military planning and execution engagement by engagement and campaign by campaign, and to secure reasonably accurate statistics on Japan's economy and war-production plant by plant, and industry by industry. In addition, studies were conducted on Japan's overall strategic plans and the background of her entry into the war, the internal discussions and negotiations leading to her acceptance of unconditional surrender, the course of health and morale among the civilian population, the effectiveness of the Japanese civilian defense organization,

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Size 270mmX205X45mm. The interrogations in this volume were conducted in TOKYO during the months of October, November and December 1945 by officers of the Naval Analysis Division of the U.S. StrategicBombing Survey. The planned use of this material was, as has noted above, as evidence for an evaluation of the role of airpower in the Pacific War. **Both volumes have the stamp of 'Official War Historian' on them, Volume 1 is slightly more faded in comparison to volume 2, Volume 2, because of incorrect cutting at the time of printing, has jagged and misshapen pages 553-556 at the bottom and both volumes have rubbing at the extremities.**.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. 286p. Folding maps. Light blue cloth. Oversize. Spine lettering faint. Hinges cracked. Very Good copy. Book.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. 286p. Folding maps. Light blue cloth. Oversize. Spine lettering faint. Back hinge reglued. Very Good copy. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 2 vols. 286p. + 286p. Folding maps. Light blue cloth. Oversize. Ex.lib. No external markings. Not worn. Spine lettering faint. Near Fine copy. Book.