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London: Herbert Jenkins, (1952). First Edition. Octavo, blue cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, xiv + 314 pp. Very Good+, with bookplate and light sunning to edges; in a Good+, mylar protected dust jacket with light edgewear and soiling. From dust jacket: This is the age of inter-hemispherical air strategy. Peace can be maintained -- or victory in war achieved -- only by a clear-cut superiority in long range aircraft capable of operating across oceans and destroying an enemy’s means of waging war at their source. Only such a force can deter aggression and shield the countries of the West from atomic destruction. Such is the thesis of this book. In an eye-witness report on Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Bikini the author re-evaluates the place of the atom bomb in modern warfare, and from this emerges the conclusion that despite its fearful power the A-bomb does not alter the basic principles in the air-power era. Sharply taking issue with present military policies, de Seversky deals with such vital… Read More

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1950 126 pp. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Covers are clean, bright, intact.. First Edition.. Large Format Soft Cover. Very Good.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1950. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Fair. Blue boards with white dust jacket. Small prev owner's inscrip on ffep; discolouration to block edge. Dust jacket has wear and tear with several small tears and small pieces missing at top of spine.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1950. Dust jacket has a small chip top front and minor edge wear. In Brodart cover.. Very Good/DJ Good. Octavo.