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Strategy, money, and the New Look, 1953-1956 / Richard M. Leighton.

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Format:
Book
Government document
Author/Creator:
Leighton, Richard M., author.
Contributor:
United States. Department of Defense. Historical Office, issuing body.
Series:
History of the Office of the Secretary of Defense ; v. 3.
History of the Office of the Secretary of Defense ; v. 3
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
United States. Department of Defense--History.
United States.
United States. Department of Defense.
United States--Politics and government--1953-1961.
Genre:
History
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xvi, 792 pages) : illustrations.
Place of Publication:
Washington, D.C. : Historical Office, Office of the Secretary of Defense, 2001.
Contents:
Prologue: Atomic weapons and the end of the Korean War
New bosses in the E Ring
Reorganizing defense
Management and budget
Shrinking the Truman budget
Defense goes to Capitol Hill: the FY 1954 budget
Debating defense of the continental vitals
Economy and strategy decoupled: the October 1953 budget crisis
Cutting manpower
Containment.s new testament
The new look takes form
Congress and the new look: FY 1955
Basic strategy and the FY 1956 budget: pressures to expand
Basic strategy and the FY 1956 budget: decision to retrench
Updating basic national security policy: NSC 5501 and the soft line
Congress and the FY 1956 budget
The 1955 Bomber Gap Flap
Minutemen and veterans
Surprise attack and nuclear parity
Updating basic strategy: NSC 5602/1
Preparing the last new look budget
Military assistance
Indochina: roots of engagement
Dien Bien Phu and after
Defense of Western Europe: confronting reality
Stabilizing Central and Southern Europe
Congress reviews the FY 1957 budget
The great airpower debate
Strategic perspectives
Conclusion.
Notes:
Title from title screen (viewed June 18, 2015).
Includes bibliographical references (pages 755-774) and index.
Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified]: HathiTrust Digital Library. 2022.
Other Format:
Print version: Leighton, Richard M. Strategy, money, and the New Look, 1953-1956
Online version: Leighton, Richard M. Strategy, money, and the New Look, 1953-1956
OCLC:
911182272
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