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Author:
Brown, Harold, 1927-
Title:
Star spangled security : applying lessons learned over six decades safeguarding America / Harold Brown with Joyce Winslow.
Publisher:
Brookings Institution Press,
Copyright Date:
c2012
Description:
xviii, 277 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Brown, Harold,--1927-
National security--United States--Decision making--Case studies.
United States--Decision making--Decision making--Case studies.
Cabinet officers--United States--Biography.
United States.--Dept. of Defense--Biography.
National security--United States--History.
United States--Planning.--Planning.
Other Authors:
Winslow, Joyce.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Prologue -- Oh, say can you see : the view from the top -- What so proudly we hail : ensuring 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.
ISBN:
0815723822 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780815723820 (hbk. : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)794708162
LCCN:
2012033419
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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