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War by land, sea, and air Dwight Eisenhower and the concept of unified command
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Title
War by land, sea, and air [electronic resource] : Dwight Eisenhower and the concept of unified command / David Jablonsky.
ISBN
0300155689
9780300155686
0300153899
0300171358
9780300153897
9780300171358
Published
New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, ©2010.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiv, 386 pages).
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Summary
"In this book a retired US Army colonel and military historian takes a fresh look at Dwight D. Eisenhower's lasting military legacy, in light of his evolving approach to the concept of unified command. Examining Eisenhower's career from his West Point years to the passage of the 1958 Defense Reorganization Act, David Jablonsky explores his efforts to implement a unified command in the US military. This key concept eventually led to the current organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and, almost three decades after Eisenhower's presidency, played a major role in defense reorganization under the Goldwater-Nichols Act. In the new century, Eisenhower's approach continues to animate reform discussion at the highest level of government in terms of the interagency process."--Jacket.
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EBSCOhost eBook collection, Yale University Press.
Other formats
Print version: Jablonsky, David. War by land, sea, and air. New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, ©2010
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 07, 2019
Series
The Yale library of military history
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Past as prologue
Reform and education, 1903-1928
Reform and experience, 1929-1941
Beginnings of combined and joint command, December 1941-January 1942
Unified European Theater command, February-June 1942
Unity in theory : London, June-November 1942
Testing the theory : North Africa, November 1942-May 1943
Unity in practice : Sicily and Italy, May-December 1943
Lessons of unity applied : London, January-May 1944
Lessons of unity vindicated : Normandy to the Elbe, June 1944-May 1945
Unified command in Washington, June 1945-July 1946
Creation of the National Security state, July 1946-March 1950
Great debate, April 1950-March 1951
European command test, February 1951-May 1952
Executive reform and the new look : strategic strains on the concept of unified command, 1953
Strains deepen : the president and the JCS, 1954-1956
Impetus from space : new life for the unified command concept, January 1956-January 1958
Reform proposals and congressional gauntlet, January-June 1958
Executive-legislative reform : the 1958 Defense Reorganization Act, June-December 1958
Unified command legacy : Goldwater-Nichols and beyond.
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Genre/Form
Electronic books.
History.
Military history.
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