Military Base Closures

Military Base Closures
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services
Publisher:
Total Pages: 284
Release: 1961
Genre: Military bases
ISBN:

Subject Catalog

Subject Catalog
Author: Library of Congress
Publisher:
Total Pages: 570
Release: 1960
Genre: Catalogs, Subject
ISBN:

The McNamara Ascendancy, 1961-1965

The McNamara Ascendancy, 1961-1965
Author: Lawrence S. Kaplan
Publisher: Office of the Secretary, Historical Office
Total Pages: 726
Release: 2006
Genre: History
ISBN:

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.)