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Star spangled security [[electronic resource] ] : applying lessons learned over six decades safeguarding America / / Harold Brown with Joyce Winslow



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Autore: Brown Harold <1927-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Star spangled security [[electronic resource] ] : applying lessons learned over six decades safeguarding America / / Harold Brown with Joyce Winslow Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2012
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (308 p.)
Disciplina: 355/.033573
Soggetto topico: Cabinet officers - United States
National security - United States - Decision making
National security - United States - History
Soggetto geografico: United States Military policy Decision making Case studies
United States Military policy Planning
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Altri autori: WinslowJoyce  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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 served as secretary of the U.S. Air Force early in the Vietnam War.In the Carter administration, Brown re
Titolo autorizzato: Star spangled security  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-61332-8
9786613925770
0-8157-2383-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910462375103321
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