Victory on the Potomac : the Goldwater-Nichols Act unifies the Pentagon /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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College Station :
Texas A & M University Press,
©2002.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Texas A & M University military history series ;
79 |
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| Online Access: | http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=71476 |
Table of Contents:
- The rise of service supremacists
- Jones breaks ranks
- The House fires the first shot
- Texas politics
- Unfinished business
- Misfire in the Senate
- Beirut
- Scholars and old soldiers
- Nichols runs Tower's blockade
- Crowe makes waves
- Goldwater and Nunn close ranks
- Weinberger stonewalls
- Naval gunfire
- McFarlane outflanks the Pentagon
- Trench warfare
- Playing the media card
- Gathering of eagles
- Expedition into hostile territory
- Seizing the high ground
- Transition to the offensive
- The Packard Commission reinforces
- The decisive battle
- Mopping-up operations
- The commander in chief approves.