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Louis Johnson and the arming of America : the Roosevelt and Truman years / Keith D. Mcfarland and David L. Roll.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McFarland, Keith D., 1940-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cabinet officers--United States--Biography.
- Cabinet officers.
- United States--Politics and government--1933-1945.
- United States.
- United States--Politics and government--1945-1953.
- United States--Military policy.
- United States--Defenses--History--20th century.
- United States. Department of Defense--Biography.
- Johnson, Louis Arthur, 1891-1966.
- Johnson, Louis Arthur.
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
- Roosevelt, Franklin D.
- Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972.
- Truman, Harry S.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (465 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- ""Without question this is an important new addition to World War II and Cold War historiography.... Highly recommended."" -- Douglas Brinkley, author of Dean Acheson: The Cold War Years and The Unfinished Presidency: Jimmy Carter's Journey beyond the White House""A remarkably objective, yet sympathetic, study of Louis Johnson's life and career. Now only half-remembered,... Johnson was a major national figure. Colorful, aggressive, independent-minded, egotistical, his strong views and conflicts
- Contents:
- Cover; contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Bedford Blood; 2. Foot in the Door; 3. Like Feuding Schoolboys; 4. "Basic Shift in Mobilization Planning"; 5. Understanding FDR; 6. Surviving FDR; 7. "But You Promised Me"; 8. Personal Representative of the President; 9. Long Shot Pays Off; 10. Inside the Pentagon; 11. Revolt of the Admirals; 12. "Like a Meatchopper on Roundsteak"; 13. "My God, the Russians Have the Bomb"; 14. Entangling Alliance; 15. "Till the Dust Settles"; 16. Last Week in June; 17. "Give Me Two American Divisions and I Can Hold Korea"; 18. Means of Descent
- 19. "Lou, I've Got to Ask You to Quit"20. "Lest Darkness Come"; Conclusion; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 427-435) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-07263-3
- 9786612072635
- 0-253-11164-1
- OCLC:
- 476016262
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