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Book SynopsisThe 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 p
Table of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. vii*CONTENTS, pg. ix*CHAPTER ONE. INTRODUCTION, pg. 1*CHAPTER TWO. THE TRIUMPH OF THE GENERAL MANAGEMENT STAFF: WAR DEPARTMENT ORGANIZATION BEFORE WORLD WAR II, pg. 10*CHAPTER THREE. DECENTRALIZATION AND DISCONTENT: NAVY DEPARTMENT ORGANIZATION BEFORE WORLD WAR II, pg. 49*CHAPTER FOUR. ECONOMY AND AIR POWER: THE ORIGINS OF UNIFICATION BEFORE WORLD WAR II, pg. 85*CHAPTER FIVE. THE USES OF DOGMA: WAR DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATION IN WORLD WAR II, pg. 107*CHAPTER SIX. TRADITIONS IN CONFLICT: NAVY DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATION IN WORLD WAR II, pg. 132*CHAPTER SEVEN. THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF IN WORLD WAR II: THEIR RECORD AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE SERVICE DEPARTMENTS, pg. 159*CHAPTER EIGHT. THE UNIFICATION CONTROVERSY, pg. 186*CHAPTER NINE. DEFENSE REORGANIZATION DURING THE TRUMAN ADMINISTRATION, pg. 227*CHAPTER TEN. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENTS UNDER UNIFICATION, pg. 267*CHAPTER ELEVEN. MANAGING THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT IN THE EISENHOWER ADMINISTRATION, pg. 288*CHAPTER TWELVE. THESUPERAGENCIES AND THEIR ROLE IN DEFENSE POLICY - MAKING, pg. 321*CHAPTER THIRTEEN. POLICY - MAKING STRATEGY, AND DEFENSE ORGANIZATION, pg. 371*INDEX, pg. 393
