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Organizing for Defense : The American Military Establishment in the 20th Century / Paul Y. Hammond.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Princeton Legacy Library ; 2284Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©1961Description: 1 online resource (416 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780691625812
  • 9781400878338
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 355.00973 23
LOC classification:
  • UB23 .H3 1961eb
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  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTENTS -- CHAPTER ONE. INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER TWO. THE TRIUMPH OF THE GENERAL MANAGEMENT STAFF: WAR DEPARTMENT ORGANIZATION BEFORE WORLD WAR II -- CHAPTER THREE. DECENTRALIZATION AND DISCONTENT: NAVY DEPARTMENT ORGANIZATION BEFORE WORLD WAR II -- CHAPTER FOUR. ECONOMY AND AIR POWER: THE ORIGINS OF UNIFICATION BEFORE WORLD WAR II -- CHAPTER FIVE. THE USES OF DOGMA: WAR DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATION IN WORLD WAR II -- CHAPTER SIX. TRADITIONS IN CONFLICT: NAVY DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATION IN WORLD WAR II -- CHAPTER SEVEN. THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF IN WORLD WAR II: THEIR RECORD AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE SERVICE DEPARTMENTS -- CHAPTER EIGHT. THE UNIFICATION CONTROVERSY -- CHAPTER NINE. DEFENSE REORGANIZATION DURING THE TRUMAN ADMINISTRATION -- CHAPTER TEN. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENTS UNDER UNIFICATION -- CHAPTER ELEVEN. MANAGING THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT IN THE EISENHOWER ADMINISTRATION -- CHAPTER TWELVE. THESUPERAGENCIES AND THEIR ROLE IN DEFENSE POLICY - MAKING -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN. POLICY - MAKING STRATEGY, AND DEFENSE ORGANIZATION -- INDEX
Summary: The author explores the defense administration, with thorough criticism of the National Security Council, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Office of the Secretary of Defense, and the armed services as governmental organizations. His book is a substantial reinterpretation of the history of the military organization of the U.S. from 1900 to 1960.Originally published in 1961.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Frontmatter -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTENTS -- CHAPTER ONE. INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER TWO. THE TRIUMPH OF THE GENERAL MANAGEMENT STAFF: WAR DEPARTMENT ORGANIZATION BEFORE WORLD WAR II -- CHAPTER THREE. DECENTRALIZATION AND DISCONTENT: NAVY DEPARTMENT ORGANIZATION BEFORE WORLD WAR II -- CHAPTER FOUR. ECONOMY AND AIR POWER: THE ORIGINS OF UNIFICATION BEFORE WORLD WAR II -- CHAPTER FIVE. THE USES OF DOGMA: WAR DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATION IN WORLD WAR II -- CHAPTER SIX. TRADITIONS IN CONFLICT: NAVY DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATION IN WORLD WAR II -- CHAPTER SEVEN. THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF IN WORLD WAR II: THEIR RECORD AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE SERVICE DEPARTMENTS -- CHAPTER EIGHT. THE UNIFICATION CONTROVERSY -- CHAPTER NINE. DEFENSE REORGANIZATION DURING THE TRUMAN ADMINISTRATION -- CHAPTER TEN. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENTS UNDER UNIFICATION -- CHAPTER ELEVEN. MANAGING THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT IN THE EISENHOWER ADMINISTRATION -- CHAPTER TWELVE. THESUPERAGENCIES AND THEIR ROLE IN DEFENSE POLICY - MAKING -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN. POLICY - MAKING STRATEGY, AND DEFENSE ORGANIZATION -- INDEX

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The author explores the defense administration, with thorough criticism of the National Security Council, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Office of the Secretary of Defense, and the armed services as governmental organizations. His book is a substantial reinterpretation of the history of the military organization of the U.S. from 1900 to 1960.Originally published in 1961.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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