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UNINA9910785508503321 |
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Autore |
Brown Harold <1927-2019> |
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Titolo |
Star spangled security : applying lessons learned over six decades safeguarding America / / Harold Brown. with Joyce Winslow |
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Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-61332-8 |
9786613925770 |
0-8157-2383-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xviii, 277 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Cabinet officers - United States |
National security - United States - Decision making |
National security - United States - History |
United States Military policy Decision making Case studies |
United States Military policy Planning |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 physicist, Brown had previously led Livermore Laboratory and its development of the Polaris missile warhead. By age 33 he was director of Defense Research and Engineering, and he later |
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