History of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Vol. 5: The McNamara Ascendancy, 1961-1965

History of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Vol. 5: The McNamara Ascendancy, 1961-1965 image
ISBN-10:

0160753694

ISBN-13:

9780160753695

Edition: First Edition
Released: Sep 25, 2006
Format: Hardcover, 664 pages
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Description:

A narrative history and assessment of the early years of Robert McNamara’s tenure as Secretary of Defense, including McNamara’s relationship with Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, the transformation of the Department of Defense as a part of Kennedy’s New Frontier, and the Pentagon’s handling of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Bay of Pigs episode, and onset of the Vietnam War along with other major national security events and developments during a turbulent and momentous period of the Cold War. (Fuller description is on the dust jacket flaps.)












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