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*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

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      Publisher Princeton University Press
      Published 19 April 2016
      ISBN-13 9780691652177
      978-0691652177
      ISBN-10 0691652171
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      Politics and government

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      *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

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