Diane T Putney (53 results)

Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Soft cover. Condition: Good+. Softcover in good plus condition: light edge wear; general rubbing; short tear to tail of spine; pencil erasure on first page is still visible, otherwise pages are excellent; straight and tight. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Paperback. Very good condition. General light shelf-wear to front and rear and cover's corners are a little dog-eared. Spine ends and sides are worn. Previous owners' stamps on half-title page and B.E.P. Pages are clean and sound, text is clear. TA. Used.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Very Good. Office of Air Force History, United States Air Force, Washington, D.C., 1987. xxi, 197 pages. Illustrated, bibliography. 9.75 x 7", silver lettered blue cloth, no dj. Clean, tight, very good/none.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. ULTRA and the Army Air Forces in World War II: An Interview with Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Book.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. First Edition, First Printing; 481 clean, unmaked pages; . Based on archival documentation and interviews with United States Air Force planners. Takes the reader into the planning cells where the difficult work of building an air campaign plan was accomplished on an around-the-clock basis. Places the complexities of the planning process within the context of coalition objectives.…

paperback. Condition: very good. 6 5/8 x 9 1/2 " 481 pages. some light rubbing to covers.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Edition Unstated. Fine HB in VG+ DJ, protected by mylar cover. xii, 481 p.:ill.; 25 cm. Gray cloth over boards with silver Air Force seal on front cover and silver title on spine. Corners are sharp with no sign of shelf wear. DJ has 1" closed tear at top edge of front panel, which has been repaired with archival tape. From The USAF in the Persian Gulf War series. Inside account of the planning of the air campaign for the first Gulf War. Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). 481 pages. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Military / Persian Gulf War (1991); United States; Modern; Military & Warfare. . Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 655. …

(Subject: Intelligence, Espionage, Reconnaissance & Electronic Warfare) An interview with Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court, Lewis F Powell Jr. The experiences of a USAAF Intelligence Officer and his views on "Special Intelligence" (Ultra) Includes a study of the US Intelligence Service Ultra Mission plus a selection of reports, memoranda and notes compiled from Ultra intercepts (Published: 1987) (Publisher: Office of Air Force Hist.) (ISBN: 0912799455) (Pagination: 197pp. illustrations.) (Condition: Very good in slightly faded card covers) UL-XXXXXX.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Air Force History and Museums Program, DC. The full story behind the planning of the air war of Desert Storm. The book begins with the initial meeting of General Norman Schwarzkopf and his air commander General Chuck Horner. The book ends with a review of the campaign. Fine copy of the first edition in a good+ dust jacket. The dust jacket has one small fold on the top of the cover, otherwise it would be very good. 481 pages.…

Condition: good. First? Edition. First? Printing. 197, wraps, illus., footnotes, endnotes, bibliography, index, covers somewhat worn and soiled, ink name on bottom edge near spine. This is one of the USAF Warrior Studies series. Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Lewis F. Powell, Jr., was one of a small group of people specially selected to accept and integrate ULTRA, the most secret signals intellience from intercepted and decoded German military radio transmissions, with intelligence from all other sources.…

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PF. Condition: New.

Super octavo softcover (nr fine); 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.…

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: As New. 3 reports in a folder. Softcover. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. 1. Strategic Air Power in Desert Storm; 2. From Instant Thunder to Desert Storm; 3. Air Power in the Gulf War : selected quotations.

Trade Paperback. Condition: As New. No Jacket - Wraps. First Edition. 481pp/illus/maps. Glossary. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Part of The USAF in the Persian Gulf War series prepared by the Air Force History and Museums Program. This comprehensive official history probes the little-known story of how the Gulf War air campaign plan came to fruition. Clean. Still shrink wrapped.…

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. Paperback. 481pp. Illus. Slight edge wear to covers. A decent copy. (r44).

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: Near Fine. Washington 2004 United States Air Force. Hardcover. Large octavo, 481pp., photo illustrations, cloth. Light non-circulating library marks, no spine numbers, no pocket. Near Fine in VG DJ.

Paperback. Condition: As New. Here?s one for Crappy Old Books : Some military histories tell you what happened. Airpower Advantage is far more interested in what happened before anything happened, when sleep-deprived officers surrounded maps, whiteboards and coffee cups attempted to answer the deceptively simple question: "How exactly do you plan a war?" As it turns out, the answer involves an astonishing quantity of meetings, revisions, disagreements and enough acronyms to qualify as a separate language. Diane T. Putney takes readers behind the scenes of Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, not to the cockpit of an F-15 or the deck of an aircraft carrier, but into the planning rooms where the Gulf War air campaign slowly emerged from ideas, intelligence reports, logistical headaches and the occasional clash of very strong personalities. Drawing upon official archives and interviews with the planners themselves, this is the rarely told story of the people who had to build an operational blueprint capable of surviving contact with reality. The irony is wonderfully understated. Hollywood would have you believe wars begin with dramatic speeches and stirring orchestral music. Real life apparently begins with PowerPoint?s prehistoric ancestors, endless target lists, coalition politics, command structures, fuel calculations, weather forecasts, and someone inevitably asking, "Have we thought about what happens if that doesn?t work?" It turns out victory is often less about glorious improvisation than meticulous preparation by people whose names rarely appear in newspaper headlines. Far from being a dry operational manual, the book steadily builds genuine tension as competing strategic visions wrestle for supremacy. Generals, politicians and planners?including figures such as George H. W. Bush, Norman Schwarzkopf, Colin Powell, Chuck Horner and Dick Cheney?all influence the evolving plan, while Putney carefully demonstrates that successful military operations are rarely the product of a single brilliant idea. More often, they emerge from hundreds of difficult decisions, uncomfortable compromises and an extraordinary amount of professional debate. Readers expecting page after page of exploding tanks may be pleasantly surprised?or mildly alarmed?to discover that this is really a book about decision-making. It examines how intelligence is interpreted, how objectives evolve, how coalition partners shape strategy, and why changing one element of a campaign often creates half a dozen new problems somewhere else. It?s a fascinating reminder that modern warfare is as much an exercise in systems management as it is in battlefield heroics. There is also something strangely reassuring about discovering that even some of history?s most successful military campaigns were accompanied by uncertainty, disagreement and occasional frustration. The planners weren?t omniscient chess masters moving pieces with effortless precision. They were experienced professionals wrestling with incomplete information while attempting to anticipate an opponent determined not to cooperate. In other words, planning a war isn?t entirely unlike organising a family Christmas?just with considerably more satellites. Published by the Air Force History and Museums Program, this is an authoritative official history rather than a sensational memoir. Putney writes with scholarly precision, balancing technical detail with remarkably readable narrative, making the book equally rewarding for military historians, aviation enthusiasts and anyone fascinated by how enormous organisations make enormously important decisions. The extensive notes and documentation are a reminder that every confident conclusion rests upon a mountain of painstaking research. This As New copy, offered by Crappy Old Books , remains in superb condition. The pages are crisp, the binding is excellent, and there is no evidence that previous owners have scribbled alternative invasion plans in the margins or attempted to improve CENTCOM?s t.…

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good to fine with very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has a one inch tear at top front corner and is lightly rubbed at top and bottom of spine. 481 pages with index, bibliography and illustrations.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 3 working days.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Very Good (+). First Edition. 481pp/illus/maps. Glossary. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Hardcover. Part of The USAF in the Persian Gulf War series prepared by the Air Force History and Museums Program. This comprehensive official history probes the little-known story of how the Gulf War air campaign plan came to fruition. Clean. Still shrink wrapped.…

Couverture Souple illustrée. Condition: Bon.