Thomas Grassey (7 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. VG- in glossy illustrated wrappers, as published. Paperbound periodical. Covers rubbed. Conrers bumped, creased, curled. Rear cover has large mailing label. Spine slightly cocked, tight, uncreased. Interior bright, clean. No marks. Articles on various aspects of U.S. navy and naval history. Good reading/research copy.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. VG- in glossy llustrated card covers. Perfect-bound periodical. Covers rubbed with heavier rubbing at corners and edges. Large area of rear cover surface layer gone where mailing label was pulled off. Spine square, tight, uncreased. No marks. Interior bright, clean, unmarked. …

Softcover. Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Clean, bright pages. Wrappers have light shelf wear. Contents: Kohn, The erosion of civilian control of the military in the United States today. Kemp, Arcs of instability: U.S. relations in the greater Middle East. Cordesman, The U.S. military and the evolving challenges in the Middle East. Wawro, Our special correspondent: letter from South America. Review essay, book reviews. 10.0" tall; 178 pages.…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Used, very good. Slightest wear, small spot inside the front cover else interior as new. **We are a small family business with over 30 years experience providing fine new and pre-owned books online. You can expect professional service and individual attention to your order, daily shipments, and sturdy packaging.…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Used, like new. Like new. This is Volume LIII, No. 3, Sequence 371; cover photo of two jets and an aircraft carrier. Slightest (barely visible) wear. ** We are a small family business selling fine new and pre-owned books online since 1999, providing professional service and individual attention to your order, daily shipments and sturdy packaging.…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Used, very good. Almost like new. This is Volume LIV, No. 1. ; cover illustgration is a map of Asia. Slightest (barely visible) wear, white cover slightly soiled by use. ** We are a small family business selling fine new and pre-owned books online since 1999, providing professional service and individual attention to your order, daily shipments and sturdy packaging. …

Wraps. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 172, [4] pages. Illustrations. Notes. Tables. The cover has some wear and soiling. Mailing label on back cover. In this issue are articles on Coalitions and Interagency Task forces, Implementation of International Humanitarian Law, Cooperative Maritime Security in Northeast Asis, The South African National Defense Force, and Commercial Satellites: Future Threats or Allies. The Naval War College (NWC or NAVWARCOL) is the staff college and "Home of Thought" for the United States Navy at Naval Station Newport in Newport, Rhode Island. The NWC educates and develops leaders, supports defining the future Navy and associated roles and missions, supports combat readiness, and strengthens global maritime partnerships. The Naval War College is one of the senior service colleges including the Army War College, the Marine Corps War College, and the USAF Air War College. Additionally, the U.S. Department of Defense operates the National War College. The college was established on October 6, 1884. Among the first four faculty members were Tasker H. Bliss, a future Army Chief of Staff; James R. Soley, the first civilian faculty member and a future assistant secretary of the Navy; and Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan, who became renowned for the scope of his strategic thinking and influence on naval leaders worldwide. The College engaged in wargaming various scenarios beginning in 1887, and it became a laboratory for the development of war plans. Nearly all of the U.S. naval operations of the twentieth century were originally designed and gamed at the NWC. The Naval War College Review is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by the United States Navy's Naval War College. It covers public policy matters of interest to the maritime services and was established in 1948. During the administration of Admiral Raymond Spruance as president of the Naval War College (1946-1948), plans were initiated to establish a resident civilian faculty, composed of prominent academics who would be visiting faculty members for a full academic year. In a separate, but related initiative in 1948, the Chief of Naval Personnel, Rear Admiral Thomas L. Sprague, suggested to the commandants of the joint service colleges that each college should publish a lecture reprint series that could be distributed to officers, who for various reasons could not attend a war college course. In response to this suggestion and with further authorization from the Navy Department, Spruance initiated publication of a periodical. Initially entitled Information Service for Officers, it first appeared in October 1948 with a lecture by Vice Admiral Robert B. Carney, "Logistical Planning for War," as its lead article. It was initially classified as "Restricted" and issued only to individual officers in the grades of lieutenant commander, major, and above, not to naval activities or commands. The first issue had a circulation of 3,000 copies. In its fifth year of publication, Information Service for Officers had reached a circulation of 6,000 copies and was being distributed to major commands. At that point, the name was changed to Naval War College Review and, in December 1953, the publication was down-graded to "For Official Use Only," a security classification that remained in effect until September 1964. Further changes in editorial policy that allowed the journal to publish articles by civilian academics did not occur until the editorship of Commander Robert M. Laske between 1968 and 1975, when a dearth of material forced him to search for contributors at meetings of the American Political Science Association and the Inter-University Seminar on the Armed Forces and Society. From that point forward, the journal had a wider range of submitted articles. Presumed First Edition, First Printing this issue.…