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Strategy, money, and the New Look, 1953-1956 / Richard M. Leighton.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Leighton, Richard M., author.
- 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
- Access Restriction:
- Use copy Restrictions unspecified
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