Victory on the Potomac : the Goldwater-Nichols Act unifies the Pentagon /

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Locher, James R., 1946-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2002.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Texas A & M University military history series ; 79.
Subjects:
United States. > Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 > Legislative History.
United States. > Department of Defense > Reorganization > Legislative history.
United States. > Department of Defense.
Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 (United States)
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
United States > Armed Forces > Reorganization > Legislative history.
United States.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The rise of service supremacists
  • Jones breaks ranks
  • The House fires the first shot
  • Texas politics
  • Unfinished business
  • Misfire in the Senate
  • Beirut
  • Scholars and old soldiers
  • Nichols runs Tower's blockade
  • Crowe makes waves
  • Goldwater and Nunn close ranks
  • Weinberger stonewalls
  • Naval gunfire
  • McFarlane outflanks the Pentagon
  • Trench warfare
  • Playing the media card
  • Gathering of eagles
  • Expedition into hostile territory
  • Seizing the high ground
  • Transition to the offensive
  • The Packard Commission reinforces
  • The decisive battle
  • Mopping-up operations
  • The commander in chief approves.

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