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Author:
Keefer, Edward C. (Edward Coltrin), 1945- author.
Title:
Harold Brown : offsetting the Soviet military challenge 1977-1981 / Edward C. Keefer.
Edition:
U.S. Government official edition.
Publisher:
Historical OfficeOffice of the Secretary of Defense,
Copyright Date:
2017
Description:
xix, 815 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subject:
Brown, Harold,--1927-
United States.--Department of Defense--Officials and employees--Biography.
United States.--Department of Defense--History--20th century.
Brown, Harold,--1927-
United States.--Department of Defense.
Cabinet officers--United States--Biography.
United States--Military policy.
Soviet Union--Military policy.
National security--United States--History--20th century.
Arms control--United States--History--20th century.
United States--Politics and government--1977-1981.
World politics--20th century.
Arms control.
Cabinet officers.
Employees.
Military policy.
National security.
Politics and government.
World politics.
Soviet Union.
United States.
History.
Other Authors:
United States. Historical Office, Historical Office, issuing body.
Notes:
Shipping list no.: 2017-0037-S. CRDP Program record. Includes bibliographical references (773-795) and index.
Contents:
The Carter administration takes charge -- The FY 1978 defense budget and the B-1 bomber decision -- Latin America -- Reorganization and the reassessment of the Department of Defense -- Defining National Security Policy -- SALT II and the MX missile decision -- Arms control and global issue -- The FY 1979 budget and the future of the Navy -- The Middle East peace process -- Iran and the hostage crisis -- Southwest Asia and the framework for Persian Gulf security -- The FY 1980 budget and the conversion of Harold Brown -- Readjustment in East Asia -- NATO conventional forces -- NATO and the theater nuclear forces -- Conflict and confrontation in Africa -- The all-volunteer force and the legacy of Vietnam -- Making the case: defense budgets for fiscal years 1981 and 1982 -- A revolution in military warfare: the offset strategy -- The 1980 election and transition -- In retrospect.
Series:
Secretaries of Defense historical series ; volume 9
ISBN:
0160937558
9780160937552
OCLC:
(OCoLC)975247054
LCCN:
2017011702
Locations:
UPAX334 -- Upper Iowa University - Henderson-Wilder Library (Fayette)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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