History of the Office of the Secretary of Defense: Volume V: The McNamara Ascendancy, 1961-1965
Washington, DC: United States, Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary of Defense, 2006. Presumed first edition/first printing. Hardcover. xii, [2], 664 p. Illustrations. Charts. Notes. Note on Sources and Selected Bibliography. Index. A narrative history and assessment of the early years of Robert McNamara's tenure as Secretary of Defense, including McNamara's relationship with Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, the transformation of the Department of Defense as a part of Kennedy's New Frontier, and the Pentagon's handling of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Bay of Pigs episode, and onset of the Vietnam War along with other major national security events and developments during a turbulent and momentous period of the Cold War. Condition: Fine in very good dust jacket.
Keywords: Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense, Pentagon, Symington Report, Berlin Wall, Vietnam War, Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis, Phoumi, Counterinsurgency, Gilpatric Report, Acheson Report, Nuclear Test Ban, Flexible Response, S
ISBN: 9780160753695
[Book #64915]
Price: $100.00