The Secretary of Defense (Hardback)
Imprint: University Press of Kentucky
Pages: 264
Illustrations: table
ISBN: 9780813114347
Published: 31st December 1981
Casemate UK Academic
Pages: 264
Illustrations: table
ISBN: 9780813114347
Published: 31st December 1981
Casemate UK Academic
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Since its creation by the National Security Act of 1947 the office of secretary of defense has grown rapidly in power and influence, surpassing at times that of the secretary of state to become second only to the presidency in the government of the United States. The pivotal secretaries, according to Kinnard, are James Forrestal, Charles Wilson, Robert McNamara, Melvin Laird, and James Schlesinger.
Kinnard analyzes the administration of each of these secretaries not only within the domestic and international contexts of his time but also within the bureaucratic world in which the secretary functions along with the president and secretary of state.
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