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Author:   Gerald Clarfield
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.587kg
ISBN:  

9780275964450

ISBN 10:   0275964450
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   30 June 1999
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

"Introduction: ""The Foundation of Military Strength Is Economic Strength."" ""Our Problem Should Be Solved on the Basis of What Is Best for National Security."" ""I Was Wrong,...I Cannot Make This Work. No One Can Make It Work."" ""A Hydra-headed Monster"" ""This Concept Is a Crystalized and Clarified Statement of This Administration's Understanding of Our National Security since World War II."" ""If the Administration Decides to Beef Up the Armed Forces along Lines Now Talked Of, the Whole Eisenhower Program Will Take a New Direction, Economic as well as Military."" ""The Day that Discipline Disappears from Our Forces...We Would Be Foolish to Put a Nickel into Them."" ""I Tried to Persuade the President That It Would Really Be Better for Me to Take Another Year on This."" Epilogue: ""In Our System Clausewitz Would Probably Make Full Colonel, Retire in 20 Years, and Go to Work for a Think Tank."" Selected Bibliography Index"

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"?Clarfield's treatment is even-handed....Solidly researched and clearly written...this book can be recommended to all students of the evolution of American defense organization.?-The Journal of Military History ?This book is well titled....Clarfield's has done much research in primary sources and produced an important and engrossing volume.?-The Historian Book Reviews ""This book is well titled....Clarfield's has done much research in primary sources and produced an important and engrossing volume.""-The Historian Book Reviews ""Clarfield's treatment is even-handed....Solidly researched and clearly written...this book can be recommended to all students of the evolution of American defense organization.""-The Journal of Military History"

?Clarfield's treatment is even-handed....Solidly researched and clearly written...this book can be recommended to all students of the evolution of American defense organization.?-The Journal of Military History

Clarfield's treatment is even-handed....Solidly researched and clearly written...this book can be recommended to all students of the evolution of American defense organization. -The Journal of Military History This book is well titled....Clarfield's has done much research in primary sources and produced an important and engrossing volume. -The Historian Book Reviews ?This book is well titled....Clarfield's has done much research in primary sources and produced an important and engrossing volume.?-The Historian Book Reviews ?Clarfield's treatment is even-handed....Solidly researched and clearly written...this book can be recommended to all students of the evolution of American defense organization.?-The Journal of Military History

Author Information

GERARD CLARFIELD is Professor of American Diplomatic History at the University of Missouri. He is the author of numerous books, including Nuclear America, which he co-authored with William Wiecek of Syracuse University, and a two volume history of United States foreign policy.

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