Barry Schneider Editor (33 results)

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Paperback. First edition. Fine/Wraps (11356) 1998 on Air University press. Fine in wraps. Unused, unmarked. . 279.

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Wraps. Condition: Good. vii, [1], 279, [1] pages. Cover has some creasing and small chips Includes Disclaimer, Acknowledgments, and About the Contributors. Also includes illustrations of Elements of the Present RMA, System Model, and China and Iraq--Comparative Sizes, as well as tables on System Attributes, US Offensive Biological Weapons Agents Produced Between 1954-1969, and Estimated Cumulative Losses to the US from Selected Non-indigenous Species, 1906-1991. Barry Schneider was associated with The Society for Military History, part of Encyclopedia Britannica's Publishing Partner Program. He was the Former Director, U.S. Air Force Counterproliferation Center, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. He was the author of and contributor to numerous books, including The Gathering Biological Warfare Storm (2004); The World's Most Threatening Terrorist Networks and Criminal Gangs (2009); and Battlefield of the Future: 21st Century Warfare Issues. Lawrence E. Grinter was an Asian Historian and Professor for the U.S. Air Force Air University at Maxwell Air Force Base, and was the editor of American War in Vietnam, among other studies of the Vietnam War. The United States Air Force Air War College is the senior Air Force professional military school. Annually, we prepare about 250 resident and over 5, 000 nonresident senior students from all US military services, federal agencies, and 41 nations to lead in the strategic environment-emphasizing the employment of airpower in joint operations. Our success is indisputable and demonstrated by our prestigious alumni and faculty. This is a book about strategy and war fighting in the midst of a revolution in military affairs as the world moves into the twenty-first century. The book's purpose is to focus attention on the operational problems, enemy strategies, and threats that will confront US national security decision makers in the twenty-first century. The authors are either professional military officers or civilian professionals who specialize in national security issues. Two of the architects of the US air campaign in the 1991 Gulf War have contributed essays that discuss the evolving utility of airpower to achieve decisive results and the lessons that might portend for the future of warfare. Revised Edition, Third Printing (second printing of Revised edition).…

Trade paperback. Condition: Very good. vii, [1], 267, [1] pages. Cover has minor wear, scuffs and soiling. Includes Disclaimer, Acknowledgments, Preface, Tables, Figures, Notes, List of Contributors, and Index. Topics covered include Asymmetrical Rivals: The Enemy Next Time; The Long War of the 21st Century; The Secret Program: South Africa's Chemical and Biological Weapons; Not With Impunity: Assessing U.S. Policy for Retaliating to a Chemical or Biological Attack; Pointing the Finger: Unclassified Methods to Identify Covert Biological Warfare Programs; The Worldwide Biocruise Threat; Combat Effectiveness in MOPP 4: Lessons from the U.S. Army CANE Exercises; The Threat of Biological Weapons: Prophylaxis and Mitigation of Psychological and Social Consequences; The Economic Impact of a Bioterrorist Attack; and Needed Now: The 85 Percent solution to the CBW Threat. It is a central hypothesis of this book that the future conflicts of the United States are highly likely to be unconventional wars where the adversary uses unconventional means to try to level the playing field against the world's foremost military. Further, the editors and authors share the premise that this "war next time" very likely may take the form of biological and/or chemical warfare or terrorism. Therefore, that is the focus of this book. Barry R. Schneider is the former Director, U.S. Air Force Counterproliferation Center, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. Author of and contributor to numerous books, including The Gathering Biological Warfare Storm (2004); The World's Most Threatening Terrorist Networks and Criminal Gangs (2009); and Battlefield of the Future: 21st Century Warfare Issues - Air Theory for the 21st Century (2012). Second Edition [stated]. Presumed first printing thus.…

Wraps. Condition: Very good. Revised Edition. Second printing thus. vii, [1], 279, [1] pages. Figures. Tables. Notes. This is the Air War College Studies in National Security No. 3. The Air War College Studies in National Security series was established as a forum for research on topics that influence the national security of the United States. Contents: 1 Principles of War for the Battlefield of the Future; Overview: New Era Warfare? A Revolution In Military Affairs?; New-Era Warfare; The Revolution in Military Affairs; Overview: Future Airpower and Strategy Issues; Air Theory for the Twenty-First Century; Parallel War and Hyperwar: Is Every Want a Weakness?; Overview: Information Warfare Issues; Information War - Cyberwar - Netwar; Information Warfare: Impacts and Concerns; Overview: Biological Warfare Issues; The Biological Weapon: A Poor Nation's Weapon of Mass Destruction; Twenty-First Century Germ Warfare; Biological Weapons for Waging Economic Warfare; and 11 On Twenty-First Century Warfare. The United States Air Force Air War College is the senior Air Force professional military school. Annually, we prepare about 250 resident and over 5, 000 nonresident senior students from all US military services, federal agencies, and 41 nations to lead in the strategic environment-emphasizing the employment of airpower in joint operations. Our success is indisputable and demonstrated by our prestigious alumni and faculty. This is a book about strategy and war fighting in the midst of a revolution in military affairs as the world moves into the twenty-first century. Its 11 essays examine topics such as military operations against a well-armed rogue state or NASTT (NBC-arming sponsor of terrorism and intervention) state; the potential of parallel warfare strategy for different kinds of states; the revolutionary potential of information warfare; the lethal possibilities of biological warfare; and the elements of an ongoing revolution in military affairs (RMA). The book's purpose is to focus attention on the operational problems, enemy strategies, and threats that will confront US national security decision makers in the twenty-first century. The participating authors are either professional military officers or civilian professionals who specialize in national security issues. Two of the architects of the US air campaign in the 1991 Gulf War have contributed essays that discuss the evolving utility of airpower to achieve decisive results and the lessons that might portend for the future of warfare.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. Middle East Security Issues. Barry R Schneider, Editor. Published by Air University Press, Maxwell AFB, AL, Sept 2004. 1st Edition 5th Printing. No DJ. Size 8vo (up to 9-1/2'' tall). Condition: Nr Fine. 138 Pgs. LCCN 99-0588978. In the Shadow of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation. Contents: NBC and Missile Proliferation Issues in the Middle East, Lawrence Scheinman. Recent Military Developments in the Persian Gulf, Anthony H Cordesman. Arab Perspectives on Middle Eastern Security, Ibrahim A Karawan. Regional Security and Arms Control in the Middle East: The Nuclear Dimension, Avner Cohen. The Egyptian-Israeli Confrontation Over the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, W Andrew Terrill. Description text copyright 2012 BooksForComfort. Item ID 26186. book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Reprint. Second printing. viii, [2], 263, [1] p. Tables. Notes. Index. Contributors. A new threat is stalking nations, as terrorist organizations and rogue states alike appear intent on acquiring and using the poor man's nuclear weapon: biological agents such as anthrax, smallpox, and plague. Attacks against Americans during the past dozen years may be an indication of more worrisome events to come. U.S. military forces in Japan were attacked in April of 1990 with botulinum toxin by the Aum Shinrikyo cult. Hundreds in Oregon were sickened with Salmonella after an attack in 1984. And small amounts of anthrax resulted in widespread panic and frequent evacuations across the United States in the fall of 2001. Ten experts discuss in detail the threats posed by bio-weapons and assess the current state of U.S. biological defenses. Chapters highlight the future prospects for biological warfare, bio-weapons in the Middle East, potential agroterrorism, the emerging bio-cruise missile threat, prevalent myths and likely scenarios, as well as the public health response. The promise of future world peace after World War II was quickly shattered by the Cold War. Indeed, the nuclear age was born at a time when the world seemed to be emerging from a dark past into a hopeful future. Are we to repeat history? With the end of the Cold War, does the future hold even greater threats? Or is an old threat merely resurfacing with a new level of lethality? This book should be required reading for anyone interested in national security, as well as concerned citizens who wish to know what form this new enemy may take and what can be done to stop it.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near Fine; see scans and description. Chicago: Educational Foundation for Nuclear Science,1976. The October, 1976 issue of The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, that being Volume 32, Number 8. The famous and historic Doomsday Clock - shown on each cover or title page since 1947, two years after the publication's inception - here shows the time to be nine minutes of midnight as of late 1976. Quarto, illustrated staple-bound wraps, 48 pp. Near Fine; original addressee label on front cover, tiny strip sot on rear cover, no other flaws. Even the inevitable page paper toning is almost nonexistent. Contents immaculate. A handsome example; see all scans. Established in 1945 by biophysicist Eugene Rabinowitch and physicist Hyman Goldsmith in response to a correctly-perceived demand for nuclear information at the time by the general public, The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is without doubt the most historically significant non-technical publication on the subject of "'global security and public policy issues related to the dangers posed by nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction, climate change,[2] and emerging technologies and diseases". Hence, over the years, BAS has become a geopolitical instrument, rather than a nuclear watchdog alone. Feature articles in this vintage 1976 issue: Nuclear Sabotage - with five tables of incidents; Peaceful Explosions; Nuclear Energy Illusions & Realities; Nuclear Responsibility - by President Jimmy Carter; Numbers Game; B-1 Bomber - Still Flying or Defunded?; Congressional Buck-Passing; Public Policy for Solar Heating and Cooling; Britain and the Bomb (bbok). See scan of contents. Contributors include Bernard T. Feld; Jimmy Carter; Fred C. Iklé; F.A. Long; Michael Flood; Alan S. Hirschberg; Samuel H. Day, Jr.; Barry R. Schneider; Elizabeth Young. Very, very scarce as the original monthly softcover issue. Ships in a new, sturdy, protective box - not a bag. LPR31.…

Wraps. Presumed first edition/first pritning. vii, 279 p. 26 cm. Illustrations (some figures pasted in). Notes. This is Air War College Studies in National Security No. 3. The United States Air Force Air War College is the senior Air Force professional military school. Annually, we prepare about 250 resident and over 5, 000 nonresident senior students from all US military services, federal agencies, and 41 nations to lead in the strategic environment-emphasizing the employment of airpower in joint operations. Our success is indisputable and demonstrated by our prestigious alumni and faculty. Good. Stamp on front cover. Previous owner's label inside front cover. Cover has some wear, soiling, and small scuff.…

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Trade paperback. Condition: Very good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. viii, 507, [1] pages. Abbreviations. Notes. Contributors. Index. Barry Schneider is associated with The Society for Military History, part of Encyclopaedia Britannica's Publishing Partner Program. He is the former Director, U.S. Air Force Counterproliferation Center, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. He has served as a Foreign Affairs Officer and Public Affairs Officer at the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, as a Congressional staffer on arms control and defense issues, and was a Senior Defense Analyst at the National Institute for Public Policy. He has taught at the Air War College. He has a Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia University. Author of and contributor to numerous books, including Counterforce Targeting, The Gathering Biological Warfare Storm; The World's Most Threatening Terrorist Networks and Criminal Gangs; and Battlefield of the Future: 21st Century Warfare Issues - Air Theory for the 21st Century. Mr. Ellis is a WMD/Homeland Security analyst at the USAF Center for Strategic Deterrence Studies located on Maxwell AFB, AL. He specializes in WMD terrorism, homeland security, and emergency management issues. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Maryland in Asian Studies/government and politics, a Master of Public Administration degree from the University of Oklahoma, and a Masters degree in International Relations. He co-edited the USAF Counterproliferation Center's 2011 book titled Tailored Deterrence: Influencing States and Groups of Concern, and authored a chapter on "National Resilience as a Deterrence Factor." Deterrence thinking has evolved from the Cold War to the present. During the period from 1945-1991 when the United States sought to deter attacks by the U.S.S.R. and Warsaw Pact, U.S. nuclear forces were fielded primarily to prevent nuclear war or escalation of war During the Cold War, deterrence strategy evolved over time as officials and defense strategists thought through the changes brought by nuclear weapons. Clearly after 1945, warfare had a new component. Long-range airpower gave states an intercontinental reach. The first A-bombs had an explosive power a thousand times more powerful than an equivalent weight of high explosive bombs like TNT. When thermonuclear weapons were created half a decade later, they, in turn, were a thousand times more powerful per unit weight than the A-bombs that destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki. So in a period of four or five years, bomb explosive yields per unit weight increased a thousand times a thousand. This combination of long-range delivery vehicles coupled with warheads or bombs a million times more powerful than their World War II conventional counterparts led to a revolution in the way wars might be fought in the future if such weapons were employed. This book was written with senior United States government leadership and decision-makers in mind as a key audience. It is meant to help them analyze the best means of deterring future conflicts with state and non-state adversaries in the 21st century. The central focus is on actor-specific tailored deterrence that influences force postures, communications and actions based on contextual and scenario considerations. Any top government decision-makers who formulate policy and strategy to counter nuclear and other WMD threats should read it. In addition, this volume would be instructive to interested national security experts, military officers and informed citizens. Tailored deterrence is, in the words of Dr. Jerrold Post, an actor-specific set of deterrence capabilities designed to influence a specific leader or leader's group. Deterrence strategy may be tailored to the actors to be deterred, the capabilities needed to execute this strategy, and to the points in ongoing scenarios where there are opportunities to deter the adversary. This book looks at all three. We look at tailoring a deterrence strategy to Russia, North Korea, Iran and al-Qaeda. We discuss specific capabilities.…

Trade paperback. Condition: Very good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. viii, 507, [1] pages. Illustrations. Notes. Contributors. Index. Format is approximately 6.75 inches by 10 inches. Cover has some wear and soiling. Deterrence thinking has evolved from the Cold War to the present. During the period from 1945-1991 when the United States sought to deter attacks by the U.S.S.R. and Warsaw Pact, U.S. nuclear forces were fielded primarily to prevent nuclear war or escalation of war During the Cold War, deterrence strategy evolved over time as officials and defense strategists thought through the changes brought by nuclear weapons. Clearly after 1945, warfare had a new component. Long-range airpower gave states an intercontinental reach. The first A-bombs had an explosive power a thousand times more powerful than an equivalent weight of high explosive bombs like TNT. When thermonuclear weapons were created half a decade later, they, in turn, were a thousand times more powerful per unit weight than the A-bombs that destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki. So in a period of four or five years, bomb explosive yields per unit weight increased a thousand times a thousand. This combination of long-range delivery vehicles coupled with warheads or bombs a million times more powerful than their World War II conventional counterparts led to a revolution in the way wars might be fought in the future if such weapons were employed.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Very good. No dust jacket. First Edition [stated]. xiii, [1], 281, [11] p. Figures. Contributors. Index. Terrorist organizations and international criminal networks pose an increasingly severe danger to US security. Who are these rivals who threaten us? What do they want to achieve? This book looks at diverse groups such as Al Qaeda, its jihadist fellow travelers as well as Hezbollah and its terrorist sponsor, Iran. Other chapters examine Hamas, Jemaah Islamiyah, the FARC, the Mexican drug cartels, and the criminal gang, Mara Salvatrucha 13. Pakistan, where jihadists pose an extreme security threat, is another focus as is a chapter on terrorist WMD threats. This look at sub-state rivals is recommended to all serious students of international security.…

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Trade paperback. Condition: Very good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. v, [1], 325, [1] pages. Notes. Contributors. Barry R. Schneider is the former Director, U.S. Air Force Counterproliferation Center, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. Author of and contributor to numerous books, including Know Thy Enemy (2002), The Gathering Biological Warfare Storm (2004); The World's Most Threatening Terrorist Networks and Criminal Gangs (2009); and Battlefield of the Future: 21st Century Warfare Issues - Air Theory for the 21st Century (2012). Jerrold M. Post (February 8, 1934 ? November 22, 2020) was an American psychiatrist and author. He was an analyst for the Central Intelligence Agency (C.I.A.) and the founder of the Center for the Analysis of Personality and Political Behavior. Post created a number of "psychobiographies" on notable individuals during his tenure at the C.I.A. and is credited in some sources as inventing the field of political psychology. This diverse collection of articles includes discussions on strategic deterrence, the Muslim Brotherhood, Pakistan's leaders, North Korea's leadership, Iran's leadership, Iraq's past experience with Saddam Hussein, Syria's leadership, Libya's leadership, behavior models of adversaries, and the need for precise assessments of rivals.…

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