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Star Spangled Security : Applying Lessons Learned over Six Decades Safeguarding America /

Harold Brown served as U.S. secretary of defense when the Soviet Union posed an existential threat with superior conventional force capability and a daunting nuclear weapons arsenal. No one could have been better suited to deter the Soviets during that most dangerous period in the Cold War. A physic...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Brown, Harold, 1927-2019
Otros Autores: Winslow, Joyce
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Prologue -- Oh, say can you see : the view from the top -- What so proudly we hail : insuring national defense through its budget -- Stripes and bright stars : how the team at the top affects security policy -- The perilous fight : Iranian revolution and the hostage crisis -- Rockets' red glare and bombs : plans, programs, and agreements -- The ramparts we watched : dealing with the outside world -- That banner yet waves : preparing for what lies ahead -- Land of the free : stimulating the national economy for international security -- Home of the brave : America at a tipping point. 
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