The Secretary of Defense (Inscribed to General Maxwell Taylor)

Kinnard, Douglas

ISBN 10: 0813114349 / ISBN 13: 9780813114347

Edité par University of Kentucky Press, Lexington, 1980

A propos de cet article

Cloth in jacket, quite good with light wear and slight toning in good scuffed jacket with small abrasion to rear panel. Inscribed by the author to General Maxwell Taylor. N° de réf. du vendeur 023066

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : The Secretary of Defense (Inscribed to ...

Éditeur : University of Kentucky Press, Lexington

Date d'édition : 1980

Reliure : Couverture rigide

Signé : Signed by Author

Edition : First Edition.

A propos de ce titre

Synopsis :

Since its creation by the National Security Act of 1947 the office of secretary of defense has grown rapidly in power and influence, surpassing at times that of the secretary of state to become second only to the presidency in the government of the United States. The pivotal secretaries, according to Kinnard, are James Forrestal, Charles Wilson, Robert McNamara, Melvin Laird, and James Schlesinger.

Kinnard analyzes the administration of each of these secretaries not only within the domestic and international contexts of his time but also within the bureaucratic world in which the secretary functions along with the president and secretary of state.

À propos de l?auteur:

Douglas Kinnard, retired army brigadier general, is now professor of political science at the University of Vermont and is the author of The War Managers and President Eisenhower and Strategy Management.