ISBN: 9780674144408 - command in war (45 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: G-vg. Condizione sovraccoperta: G-vg. First Edition. 339 pages. Black binding with silver lettering on spine. Some underlining and foot notes scattered through the book. Bottom corner tip of back cover bumped. Previous owner's name on top and bottom edge of textblock. Light foxing to edges of textblock. Dust Jacket worn with a couple of small tears to spine ends and corner tips. Jacket covers rubbed. Small tear to Jacket along top edge of front cover. Photos of book on request.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Harvard University Press Historical & Reference Books (Harvard University Press) Command in War (VG+/NM) (dust jacket Fair+) Manufacturer: Harvard University Press Product Line: Historical & Reference Books (Harvard University Press) Type: Hardcover Copyright Date: 1985 Author: Martin Van Creveld Page Count: 340 Please review the condition and any condition notes for the exact condition of this item. All pictures are stock photos. The condition of the item you will receive is VG+/NM - dust jacket Fair+. Our grading system is explained in the terms of sale section of our bookseller page. Please feel free to contact us with any questions. Product Description: Many books have been written about strategy, tactics, and great commanders. This is the first book to deal exclusively with the nature of command itself, and to trace its development over two thousand years from ancient Greece to Vietnam. It treats historically the whole variety of problems involved in commanding armies, including staff organization and administration, communications methods and technologies, weaponry, and logistics. And it analyzes the relationship between these problems and military strategy. In vivid descriptions of key battles and campaigns--among others, Napoleon at Jena, Moltke's campaign, the Arab-Israeli war of 1973, and the Americans in Vietnam--Martin van Creveld focuses on the means of command and shows how those means worked in practice. He finds that technological advances such as the railroad, breech-loading rifles, the telegraph and later the radio, tanks, and helicopters all brought commanders not only new tactical possibilities but also new limitations. Although vast changes have occurred in military thinking and technology, the one constant has been an endless search for certainty - certainty about the state and intentions of the enemy's forces; certainty about the manifold factors that together constitute the environment in which war is fought, from the weather and terrain to radioactivity and the presence of chemical warfare agents; and certainty about the state, intentions, and activities of one's own forces. The book concludes that progress in command has usually been achieved less by employing more advanced technologies than by finding ways to transcend the limitations of existing ones. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good.

Condizione: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condizione: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st Edition. First Edition (Number Line With The One Present). Includes Bibliography And Index. The Book Is Bound In Black With Silver Lettering On The Spine. The Page Edges Are Lightly Tanned. The Jacket Has Light Wear And A One Inch Tear At The Lower Front Edge Which Has Been Tape Repaired On The Inside. The Spine Is Lightly Sunned.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Edition. Large chip in dustjacket spine. All dustjackets are in Mylar acid-free protectors.; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 339 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Collectible - Acceptable. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Edition. First edition by number code.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: DJ Very Good. 1st Printing. An incisive overview of the exercise of command, with vivid examples from Napoleon to Vietnam.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: DJ NF (small corner tear). 1st Printing. An incisive overview of the exercise of command, with vivid examples from Napoleon to Vietnam.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Clean, unmarked, sharp corners, firm hinges with DJ in VG condition. TM/Mil Hist.

Hardback. Condizione: Fair.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condizione: UsedVeryGood. Softcover; light fading, light shelf wear to exterior; otherwise in very go od condition with clean text, firm binding.

Hardback. Condizione: Fair.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Very Good +. 1st Edition. A square solid tight clean near new un-read copy. The plain paper jacket does have a bit of rubbing wear and some edgewear. A non-fiction study in war. Book.

First Edition. Hard cover with dj. 8vo. 339pp. Clean, as NEW condition. Satisfaction guaranteed.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Edition. Dust jacket in good condition. First edition, first printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. PB/pub.1985/Gd. condition/339 pages - The author traces the development of command from ancient Greece to Vietnam. [AN129715]. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good+. First Edition; First Printing. 339 pages; markings on front free endpaper. Minor foxing to the top exterior edge of textblock and endpapers. Some spots inside DJ. Light wear and creasing to DJ edges, minor tears. Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings.; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be packaged with care and ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.…

A Hardbound Book. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine in Mylar Cover. First Edition First Printing. Previous owners bookplate on front pastedown and name embossed on title page.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. 1st. 339p. Maps. Analysis of technology & art of command thru history. Ex. lib. Label on jacket, pocket. Very Clean & tight. Near Fine/Near Fine Copy.

hardcover. Condizione: fine. very good(-). First. Maps. 8vo, black cloth, d.w. lightly soiled. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1985.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Near Fine. 1st. 1st ed. First Edition. 339p. Analysis of technology & art of command thru hist. Ex.lib. No spine label. Pocket in front. Clean & tight. Near Fine/Near Fine Copy.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good(-). 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good(-). 1st Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 339pp. A study of command in war, using case studies from famous battles and campaigns such as Napoleon at Jena, Moltke's Koniggratz campaign, the Arab-Israeli war of 1973 and the Vietnam War. The book focuses on the means of command and how they worked in practice. He discusses the impact of developing technologies but emphasizes the one constant always has been the search for certainty about the enermy and the environment in which war is fought. DJ has wear/several tears.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. 1st ed. 339p. Wallenstien to Patton. Gift inscription. Fine/Near Fine copy.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. 1st. ed. 339p. Maps. Analysis of technology & art of command thru history. Bookplate. Fine/Near Fine copy.