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Author/Creator:Hunt, Richard A., 1942- author.
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Title:Melvin Laird and the foundation of the post-Vietnam military, 1969-1973 / Richard A. Hunt.
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ISBN:9780160927577
0160927579
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Publication:Washington, D.C. : Historical Office, Office of the Secretary of Defense, 2015.
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Distribution: Washington, DC : For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Publishing Office
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Physical Description:xx, 708 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
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Notes:Shipping list no.: 2015-0029-S.
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Other formats:Online version: Hunt, Richard A., 1942- Melvin Laird and the foundation of the post-Vietnam military, 1969-1973
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Series:Secretaries of Defense historical series ; volume 7
Secretaries of Defense historical series ; volume 7.
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BibliographyIncludes bibliographical references (pages [669]-683) and index.
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Contents:Change comes to the Pentagon -- Organizing national security in a new administration -- How much for defense: the FY 1970 budget -- The predicament of Vietnam -- The battle over troop withdrawals -- Taking the fight into Cambodia -- The war in Laos -- Preparing South Vietnam to stand alone -- A time of trial: the Easter Offensive and Vietnamization -- Looking beyond Vietnam: the FY 1971 budget -- A turning point: the FY 1972 budget -- The enduring commitment to NATO -- Change in East Asia -- The all-volunteer force -- Strategic defense: ABM and SALT -- Realistic deterrence? The FY 1973 budget -- Military assistance -- Looking toward the future: the FY 1974 budget -- Fixing the fraying force -- Laird's legacy.
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Subjects:Laird, Melvin R.
United States. Department of Defense--Officials and employees--Biography.
United States. Department of Defense--History.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--United States.
Cabinet officers--United States--Biography.
United States--Politics and government--1969-1974.
United States--Military policy--History--20th century.
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Also listed under:United States. Department of Defense. Historical Office, issuing body.
Link to this page: https://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/12496671