LEADER 03323nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910827669503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-07263-3 010 $a9786612072635 010 $a0-253-11164-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000362377 035 $a(EBL)273466 035 $a(OCoLC)476016262 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000194465 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11168245 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000194465 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10231981 035 $a(PQKB)11164774 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC273466 035 $a(OCoLC)74492468 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse16545 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL273466 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10141056 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL207263 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000362377 100 $a20050125d2005 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLouis Johnson and the arming of America $ethe Roosevelt and Truman years /$fKeith D. Mcfarland and David L. Roll 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBloomington $cIndiana University Press$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (465 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-253-34626-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 427-435) and index. 327 $aCover; 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 Descent 327 $a19. "Lou, I've Got to Ask You to Quit"20. "Lest Darkness Come"; Conclusion; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index 330 $a""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 606 $aCabinet officers$zUnited States$vBiography 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1933-1945 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1945-1953 607 $aUnited States$xMilitary policy 607 $aUnited States$xDefenses$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aCabinet officers 676 $a355/.0092 676 $aB 700 $aMcFarland$b Keith D.$f1940-$0899948 701 $aRoll$b David L.$f1940-$01605075 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827669503321 996 $aLouis Johnson and the arming of America$94116787 997 $aUNINA