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Mission: Tomorrow (1) (BAEN)
Jack McDevitt; Mike Resnick; Ben Bova; Brenda Cooper; Michael F. Flynn; Sarah A. Hoyt; James E. Gunn; Robin Wayne Bailey; Jack Skillingstead
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Mission: Tomorrow (1) (BAEN)
Jack McDevitt; Mike Resnick; Ben Bova; Brenda Cooper; Michael F. Flynn; Sarah A. Hoyt; James E. Gunn; Robin Wayne Bailey; Jack Skillingstead
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Mission: Tomorrow (1) (BAEN)
Jack McDevitt; Mike Resnick; Ben Bova; Brenda Cooper; Michael F. Flynn; Sarah A. Hoyt; James E. Gunn; Robin Wayne Bailey; Jack Skillingstead
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Analog Science Fiction and Fact April 2006 (Vol. CXXVI)
Wil McCarthy; John G. Henry; Richard A. Lovett; Stephen L. Burns; Stephen Baxter; Michael Shara; Jack McDevitt; Carl Frederick
Verlag: Dell Magazines, 2006
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NOT OF WOMAN BORN
Ash, Constance (editor) (Kara Dalkey; Sage Walker; Susan Palwick; Patricia A. McKillip; William F. Wu; Nina Kiriki Hoffman; Jack McDevitt; Janni Lee Simner; Robert Silverberg; Debra Doyle; James D. Macdonald; Michael Armstrong; Richard Parks)
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Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. (ix) 272 pp. Light edge and corner wear with some minor creasing on the spine; no interior markings. This anthology contains: Bouncing Babies by Kara Dalkey; Hunting Mother by Sage Walker; Judith's Flowers - a novelette by Susan Palwick; A Gift to be Simple by Patricia A. McKillip;…Island of the Ancestor by William F. Wu; One Day at Central Convenience Mall by Nina Kiriki Hoffman; Dead in the Water by Jack McDevitt; Raising Jenny - a novelette by Janni Lee Simner; There Was an Old Woman by Robert Silverberg; Remailer by Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald; Of Bitches Born - a novelette by Michael Armstrong; Doppels by Richard Parks; Daddy's World - a novelette by Walter Jon Williams; and The Leopard's Garden - a novelette by Constance Ash. Book.
NOT OF WOMAN BORN
Ash, Constance (editor) (Kara Dalkey; Sage Walker; Susan Palwick; Patricia A. McKillip; William F. Wu; Nina Kiriki Hoffman; Jack McDevitt; Janni Lee Simner; Robert Silverberg; Debra Doyle; James D. Macdonald; Michael Armstrong; Richard Parks)
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good+. First Hardcover Edition. (ix) 272 pp. Book Club edition. Black boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Light wear on the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. This anthology contains: Bouncing Babies by Kara Dalkey; Hunting Mother by Sage Walker; J…udith's Flowers - a novelette by Susan Palwick; A Gift to be Simple by Patricia A. McKillip; Island of the Ancestor by William F. Wu; One Day at Central Convenience Mall by Nina Kiriki Hoffman; Dead in the Water by Jack McDevitt; Raising Jenny - a novelette by Janni Lee Simner; There Was an Old Woman by Robert Silverberg; Remailer by Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald; Of Bitches Born - a novelette by Michael Armstrong; Doppels by Richard Parks; Daddy's World - a novelette by Walter Jon Williams; and The Leopard's Garden - a novelette by Constance Ash. Size: 8vo. Book.
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Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of short science fiction stories. Light creasing to the rear cover. In near fine condition.
AMAZING Stories: October, Oct. 1993
Amazing (L. A. Taylor; Michael D. Winkle; Eric T. Baker; Bruce Bethke; Pete D. Manison; W. Gregory Stewart; R. A. Lafferty; Jack McDevitt; Michael Swanwick; Stephen L. Gillett)
Verlag: TSR, Lake Geneva, WI, 1993
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SingleIssueMagazine. Zustand: Good to Very Good-. Vol. 68, No. 7 (whole no, 587). Bedsheet sized. Cover art by Barclay Shaw. Includes "The Bogus Detector" by Kim Mohan; "Reflections" by Robert Silverberg; "Scenes from a Past and Future Now" by L. A. Taylor; "Old As You Feel" by Michael D. Winkle; "Uncertainty and the Dread Word…Love" by Eric T. Baker; "Jimi Plays Dead" by Bruce Bethke; "In the Valley of Life" by Pete D. Manison; "Unemployment, Then and Now" by W. Gregory Stewart; "Cliffs That laughed" by R. A. Lafferty; "Ships in the Night" by Jack McDevitt. Nonfiction: "The Strange case of Raphael Aloysius Lafferty" by Michael Swanwick; "Dances With Gravity" by Stephen L. Gillett; "About teh Authors"; "Tomorrow's Books" compiled by Susan C. Shore and Bill Fawcett; "Back Issues and Anthologies". Looking Forward: "Jack the Bodiless" by Julian May; "The Sharp Emnd" by David Drake. Lower foredge corner has been wet through with waviness and grinding wear, likely bug-predation. Otherwise would have been very nice. Book.
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Paperback. Zustand: New. Xi Jinping has made his ambitions for the People's Liberation Army (PLA) perfectly clear, there is no mystery what he wants, first, that China should become a "great maritime power" and secondly, that the PLA "become a world-class armed force by 2050." He wants this latter objective to be largely complet…ed by 2035. China as a Twenty-First-Century Naval Power focuses on China's navy and how it is being transformed to satisfy the "world class" goal. Beginning with an exploration of why China is seeking to become such a major maritime power, author Michael McDevitt first explores the strategic rationale behind Xi's two objectives. China's reliance on foreign trade and overseas interests such as China's Belt and Road strategy. In turn this has created concerns within the senior levels of China's military about the vulnerability of its overseas interests and maritime life-lines. is a major theme. McDevitt dubs this China's "sea lane anxiety" and traces how this has required the PLA Navy to evolve from a "near seas"-focused navy to one that has global reach; a "blue water navy." He details how quickly this transformation has taken place, thanks to a patient step-by-step approach and abundant funding. The more than 10 years of anti-piracy patrols in the far reaches of the Indian Ocean has acted as a learning curve accelerator to "blue water" status. McDevitt then explores the PLA Navy's role in the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean. He provides a detailed assessment of what the PLAN will be expected to do if Beijing chooses to attack Taiwan potentially triggering combat with America's "first responders" in East Asia, especially the U.S. Seventh Fleet and U.S. Fifth Air Force. He conducts a close exploration of how the PLA Navy fits into China's campaign plan aimed at keeping reinforcing U.S. forces at arm's length (what the Pentagon calls anti-access and area denial [A2/AD]) if war has broken out over Taiwan, or because of attacks on U.S. allies and friends that live in the shadow of China. McDevitt does not know how Xi defines "world class" but the evidence from the past 15 years of building a blue water force has already made the PLA Navy the second largest globally capable navy in the world. This book concludes with a forecast of what Xi's vision of a "world-class navy" might look like in the next fifteen years when the 2035 deadline is reached.
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Paperback. Zustand: New. Xi Jinping has made his ambitions for the People's Liberation Army (PLA) perfectly clear, there is no mystery what he wants, first, that China should become a "great maritime power" and secondly, that the PLA "become a world-class armed force by 2050." He wants this latter objective to be largely complet…ed by 2035. China as a Twenty-First-Century Naval Power focuses on China's navy and how it is being transformed to satisfy the "world class" goal. Beginning with an exploration of why China is seeking to become such a major maritime power, author Michael McDevitt first explores the strategic rationale behind Xi's two objectives. China's reliance on foreign trade and overseas interests such as China's Belt and Road strategy. In turn this has created concerns within the senior levels of China's military about the vulnerability of its overseas interests and maritime life-lines. is a major theme. McDevitt dubs this China's "sea lane anxiety" and traces how this has required the PLA Navy to evolve from a "near seas"-focused navy to one that has global reach; a "blue water navy." He details how quickly this transformation has taken place, thanks to a patient step-by-step approach and abundant funding. The more than 10 years of anti-piracy patrols in the far reaches of the Indian Ocean has acted as a learning curve accelerator to "blue water" status. McDevitt then explores the PLA Navy's role in the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean. He provides a detailed assessment of what the PLAN will be expected to do if Beijing chooses to attack Taiwan potentially triggering combat with America's "first responders" in East Asia, especially the U.S. Seventh Fleet and U.S. Fifth Air Force. He conducts a close exploration of how the PLA Navy fits into China's campaign plan aimed at keeping reinforcing U.S. forces at arm's length (what the Pentagon calls anti-access and area denial [A2/AD]) if war has broken out over Taiwan, or because of attacks on U.S. allies and friends that live in the shadow of China. McDevitt does not know how Xi defines "world class" but the evidence from the past 15 years of building a blue water force has already made the PLA Navy the second largest globally capable navy in the world. This book concludes with a forecast of what Xi's vision of a "world-class navy" might look like in the next fifteen years when the 2035 deadline is reached.
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Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. Xi Jinping has made his ambitions for the People's Liberation Army (PLA) perfectly clear, there is no mystery what he wants, first, that China should become a "great maritime power" and secondly, that the PLA "become a world-class armed force by 2050." He wants this latter objective to be larg…ely completed by 2035. China as a Twenty-First-Century Naval Power focuses on China's navy and how it is being transformed to satisfy the "world class" goal. Beginning with an exploration of why China is seeking to become such a major maritime power, author Michael McDevitt first explores the strategic rationale behind Xi's two objectives. China's reliance on foreign trade and overseas interests such as China's Belt and Road strategy. In turn this has created concerns within the senior levels of China's military about the vulnerability of its overseas interests and maritime life-lines. is a major theme. McDevitt dubs this China's "sea lane anxiety" and traces how this has required the PLA Navy to evolve from a "near seas"-focused navy to one that has global reach; a "blue water navy." He details how quickly this transformation has taken place, thanks to a patient step-by-step approach and abundant funding. The more than 10 years of anti-piracy patrols in the far reaches of the Indian Ocean has acted as a learning curve accelerator to "blue water" status. McDevitt then explores the PLA Navy's role in the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean. He provides a detailed assessment of what the PLAN will be expected to do if Beijing chooses to attack Taiwan potentially triggering combat with America's "first responders" in East Asia, especially the U.S. Seventh Fleet and U.S. Fifth Air Force. He conducts a close exploration of how the PLA Navy fits into China's campaign plan aimed at keeping reinforcing U.S. forces at arm's length (what the Pentagon calls anti-access and area denial [A2/AD]) if war has broken out over Taiwan, or because of attacks on U.S. allies and friends that live in the shadow of China. McDevitt does not know how Xi defines "world class" but the evidence from the past 15 years of building a blue water force has already made the PLA Navy the second largest globally capable navy in the world. This book concludes with a forecast of what Xi's vision of a "world-class navy" might look like in the next fifteen years when the 2035 deadline is reached. Xi Jinping wants China to become a great maritime power and that the PLA become a world-class armed force by 2050. He wants this latter objective to be largely completed by 2035. China as a Twenty-First-Century Naval Power focuses on Chinas navy and how it is being transformed to satisfy the world class goal. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Chinese Warfighting: The PLA Experience Since 1949 (East Gate Books)
Ryan, Mark A.,Finkelstein, David M.,McDevitt, Michael A.,Corporation, CNA
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Chinese Warfighting : The Pla Experience Since 1949
Ryan, Mark A. (EDT); Finkelstein, David Michael (EDT); McDevitt, Michael A. (EDT)
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Paperback. Zustand: New. Xi Jinping has made his ambitions for the People's Liberation Army (PLA) perfectly clear, there is no mystery what he wants, first, that China should become a "great maritime power" and secondly, that the PLA "become a world-class armed force by 2050." He wants this latter objective to be largely complet…ed by 2035. China as a Twenty-First-Century Naval Power focuses on China's navy and how it is being transformed to satisfy the "world class" goal. Beginning with an exploration of why China is seeking to become such a major maritime power, author Michael McDevitt first explores the strategic rationale behind Xi's two objectives. China's reliance on foreign trade and overseas interests such as China's Belt and Road strategy. In turn this has created concerns within the senior levels of China's military about the vulnerability of its overseas interests and maritime life-lines. is a major theme. McDevitt dubs this China's "sea lane anxiety" and traces how this has required the PLA Navy to evolve from a "near seas"-focused navy to one that has global reach; a "blue water navy." He details how quickly this transformation has taken place, thanks to a patient step-by-step approach and abundant funding. The more than 10 years of anti-piracy patrols in the far reaches of the Indian Ocean has acted as a learning curve accelerator to "blue water" status. McDevitt then explores the PLA Navy's role in the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean. He provides a detailed assessment of what the PLAN will be expected to do if Beijing chooses to attack Taiwan potentially triggering combat with America's "first responders" in East Asia, especially the U.S. Seventh Fleet and U.S. Fifth Air Force. He conducts a close exploration of how the PLA Navy fits into China's campaign plan aimed at keeping reinforcing U.S. forces at arm's length (what the Pentagon calls anti-access and area denial [A2/AD]) if war has broken out over Taiwan, or because of attacks on U.S. allies and friends that live in the shadow of China. McDevitt does not know how Xi defines "world class" but the evidence from the past 15 years of building a blue water force has already made the PLA Navy the second largest globally capable navy in the world. This book concludes with a forecast of what Xi's vision of a "world-class navy" might look like in the next fifteen years when the 2035 deadline is reached.
