03323nam 2200661 a 450 991082766950332120200520144314.01-282-07263-397866120726350-253-11164-1(CKB)1000000000362377(EBL)273466(OCoLC)476016262(SSID)ssj0000194465(PQKBManifestationID)11168245(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000194465(PQKBWorkID)10231981(PQKB)11164774(MiAaPQ)EBC273466(OCoLC)74492468(MdBmJHUP)muse16545(Au-PeEL)EBL273466(CaPaEBR)ebr10141056(CaONFJC)MIL207263(EXLCZ)99100000000036237720050125d2005 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLouis Johnson and the arming of America the Roosevelt and Truman years /Keith D. Mcfarland and David L. Roll1st ed.Bloomington Indiana University Pressc20051 online resource (465 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-253-34626-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 427-435) and index.Cover; contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Bedford Blood; 2. Foot in the Door; 3. Like Feuding Schoolboys; 4. "Basic Shift in Mobilization Planning"; 5. Understanding FDR; 6. Surviving FDR; 7. "But You Promised Me"; 8. Personal Representative of the President; 9. Long Shot Pays Off; 10. Inside the Pentagon; 11. Revolt of the Admirals; 12. "Like a Meatchopper on Roundsteak"; 13. "My God, the Russians Have the Bomb"; 14. Entangling Alliance; 15. "Till the Dust Settles"; 16. Last Week in June; 17. "Give Me Two American Divisions and I Can Hold Korea"; 18. Means of Descent19. "Lou, I've Got to Ask You to Quit"20. "Lest Darkness Come"; Conclusion; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index""Without question this is an important new addition to World War II and Cold War historiography.... Highly recommended."" -- Douglas Brinkley, author of Dean Acheson: The Cold War Years and The Unfinished Presidency: Jimmy Carter's Journey beyond the White House""A remarkably objective, yet sympathetic, study of Louis Johnson's life and career. Now only half-remembered,... Johnson was a major national figure. Colorful, aggressive, independent-minded, egotistical, his strong views and conflicts Cabinet officersUnited StatesBiographyUnited StatesPolitics and government1933-1945United StatesPolitics and government1945-1953United StatesMilitary policyUnited StatesDefensesHistory20th centuryCabinet officers355/.0092BMcFarland Keith D.1940-899948Roll David L.1940-1605075MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910827669503321Louis Johnson and the arming of America4116787UNINA