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Author:

Mahan, Erin R., 1969-

Title:

Evolution of the Secretary of Defense in the era of massive retaliation : Charles Wilson, Neil McElroy, and Thomas Gates, 1953-1961 / [Erin R. Mahan].

Publisher:

Historical OfficeOffice of the Secretary of Defense,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

xi, 41 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Wilson, Charles Erwin,--1890-1961.
McElroy, Neil H.--(Neil Hosler),--1904-1972.
Gates, Thomas S.
United States.--Office of the Secretary of Defense--Office of the Secretary of Defense--History.
United States--Military policy--20th century.
United States--Foreign relations--20th century.

Other Authors:

United States. Historical Office. Historical Office.

Notes:

"September 2012." Includes bibliographical references (p. 31-39).

Contents:

Eisenhower, Wilson, and the policy process -- McElroy : caretaker Secretary -- Gates : reasserting the Secretary's influence -- Conclusion.

Summary:

Concentrates on the three Secretaries who served under President Dwight D. Eisenhower: Charles Wilson, Neil McElroy, and Thomas Gates. The first of these Secretaries were primarily caretakers and administrators, leaving much of the lead role in American foreign policy to Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. But Thomas Gates reinvigorated the role of the office in the last year of the Eisenhower presidency, providing a springboard for Robert McNamara, his successor in the John F. Kennedy administration, to increase the power of the position to unprecedented levels.

Series:

Cold War foreign policy series, special study ; 3

OCLC:

(OCoLC)815768351

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)