Modern Arms and Free Men: A Discussion of the Role of Science in Preserving Democracy by Bush, Vannevar - 1949

Simon and Schuster, 1949. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

UsedGood. Pages are clean! The dust jacket has minor damage or small tear. The front text block edge is deckled Fast Shipping - Each order powers our free bookstore in Chicago and sending books to Africa!

Simon and Schuster. Used - Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket (War, weapons industry, technological advancements, atomic energy)

Hard Cover Hardcover. VERY GOOD/FAIR. • Binding: Hard Cover •

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1949. Jacket is scuffed and chipped, half of spinecover is missing. boards have light shelfwear. Pages are clean & text is free from markings. Binding is tight. Bookplate.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Libris.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1949. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 273, (1) pp. Previous owner name on the front free endpaper. The binding is tight and square, and the text is clean.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1949. Jacket is scuffed with edgewear. Boards have minor shelfwear. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. . Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Simon and Schuster, January 1949. Hardcover . Good/Poor. Edgewear with tearing to dust jacket, binding sound and pages unmarked. P.O. name/sticker inside front cover. All Orders Shipped With Tracking And Delivery Confirmation Numbers.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1949. Hard Back. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. 5 3/4" x 8 1/2. 273 pages indexed. Red cloth with black spine and cover paste on with gold lettering. Ink price and remainder mark on front endpaper. Faultless interior. A thoroughly entertaining and ultimate work from the father of American scientific research and the Atomic Bomb.Emerging from a decade of war and uneasy peace this work examines the impact of science and technology in warfare and the evolution of weapons, particularly the destructive force of the atomic bomb. In this, he theorizes on the future of countries and war, using present and future scientific evidence, as it might apply to the growth of the world. Dr. Vannevar Bush was named in 1940 by FDR to head the National Defense Research Committee and the Advisory Committee on Uranium. Contents in Eighteen Chapters: Science Democracy and War, The Techniques of World war I, Between the Ward, The Technical war on Land, On theSurface of the Sea, War in the Air,… Read More

New York Simon and Schuster, 1949. Hardcover. Good. 8x6x1. Hardback book in good condition, but missing dust jacket if issued one. Prior library item with normal library markings.