Introduction: "The Foundation of Military Strength Is Economic Strength." "Our Problem Should Be Solved on the Basis of What Is Best for National Security." "I Was Wrong,...I Cannot Make This Work. No One Can Make It Work." "A Hydra-headed Monster" "This Concept Is a Crystalized and Clarified Statement of This Administration's Understanding of Our National Security since World War II." "If the Administration Decides to Beef Up the Armed Forces along Lines Now Talked Of, the Whole Eisenhower Program Will Take a New Direction, Economic as well as Military." "The Day that Discipline Disappears from Our Forces...We Would Be Foolish to Put a Nickel into Them." "I Tried to Persuade the President That It Would Really Be Better for Me to Take Another Year on This." Epilogue: "In Our System Clausewitz Would Probably Make Full Colonel, Retire in 20 Years, and Go to Work for a Think Tank." Selected Bibliography Index
GERARD CLARFIELD is Professor of American Diplomatic History at the University of Missouri. He is the author of numerous books, including Nuclear America, which he co-authored with William Wiecek of Syracuse University, and a two volume history of United States foreign policy.
?Clarfield's treatment is even-handed....Solidly researched and
clearly written...this book can be recommended to all students of
the evolution of American defense organization.?-The Journal of
Military History
?This book is well titled....Clarfield's has done much research in
primary sources and produced an important and engrossing
volume.?-The Historian Book Reviews
"This book is well titled....Clarfield's has done much research in
primary sources and produced an important and engrossing
volume."-The Historian Book Reviews
"Clarfield's treatment is even-handed....Solidly researched and
clearly written...this book can be recommended to all students of
the evolution of American defense organization."-The Journal of
Military History
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