The Joint Chiefs of Staff and National Policy Volume VIII, 1961-1964; History of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Washington DC: Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Office of Joint History, 2011. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Hardcover. xiv, [2], 378 pages. Ink marks observed in several locations. This volume is the first in this series to have benefitted from meetings between the author and some of the Chiefs whom he describes. These meetings took place during the middle and later 1970s. Includes Foreword, Preface, Acronyms, Principal Civilian and Military Officers, Notes, and Index. Also includes chapters on Entering the New Frontier: Men and Methods; Strategic Priorities Undergo Major Changes; Strategic Nuclear Forces: "Superiority" Versus "Assured Destruction"; Continental Defense: Still Feasible?; Conventional Capabilities Expand; Disarmament Gives Way to Arms Control; Nuclear Testing: Start and Stop; The Cuban Debacle; The Laotian Precipice; The Berlin Confrontation; The Cuban Missile Crisis; NATO: Advocating New Approaches; NATO: Initiatives Falter; Paring the Military Assistance Program; Latin America: Containment and Counter-Insurgency; Middle East Kaleidoscope; "New Africa" and the Congo entanglement; South Asia: Contradictions of Containment; The Far East: Seeking a Strategy; and Conclusion: Appraising Performances. Also includes Acronyms, Principal Civilian and Military Officers, Notes, and Index. History of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Volume VIII. An official publication of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, it describes the JCS activities during the period 1961-1964 (covering the entirety of the President John F. Kennedy administration and the beginning of the President Lyndon B. Johnson administration), except for activities related to Indochina which are covered in a separate series. More than a mere historical text, this provides a fascinating inside look at the Joint Chiefs' participation and point-of-view in dealing with the following foreign crises from the U.S.S.R. to the Caribbean to Asia -- and working with the JFK and Johnson presidential administrations. This resource covers the following topics: Soviet ICBM and MRBM missile gap, arms race with the Soviet Union, nuclear testing, the strategic nuclear delivery vehicle (SNDV) freeze, and the creation of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA); Berlin Wall construction; Strife in Laos; Failed Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba and the Cuban Missile Crisis; Expansion of the role of NATO; Support for Israel, Saudi Regime and Shah of Iran; Trouble in the Congo; Sino-Indian Border War and more. The mission of the Joint History Office is "to create the record of activities of the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Staff and to capture and document all aspects of joint operations conducted by the Armed Forces of the United States." The Joint History Office provides historical support to the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and to the Joint Staff. Central to this mission is the production of historical studies of the activities of the Chairman and Vice Chairman, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Joint Staff. Historians have served on the Joint Staff and its predecessors since 1945. The Joint History Office prints unclassified and classified publications. These works include volumes in The Joint Chiefs of Staff and National Policy series; an illustrated book on the chairmanship; organizational and administrative histories; histories of joint operations; and studies written by historians affiliated with the combatant commands. A number of these publications are intended specifically for the use of service school faculty and students studying joint operations. Condition: Good.
Keywords: Joint Chiefs of Staff, Disarmament, Arms Control, Counter-Insurgency, Tshombe, Nuclear Weapons Testing, Strategic Nuclear Forces, Continental Defense, Conventional Forces, Bay of Pigs, Berlin Wall, Cuban Missile Crisis, Military Assistance
ISBN: 9780160879043
[Book #80115]
Price: $275.00