The Secretary of Defense (Inscribed to General Maxwell Taylor)

Kinnard, Douglas

ISBN 10: 0813114349 / ISBN 13: 9780813114347

Published by University of Kentucky Press, Lexington, 1980

About this Item

Cloth in jacket, quite good with light wear and slight toning in good scuffed jacket with small abrasion to rear panel. Inscribed by the author to General Maxwell Taylor.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Secretary of Defense (Inscribed to General Maxwell Taylor)
• Publisher: University of Kentucky Press, Lexington
• Publication Date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0813114349
• ISBN 13: 9780813114347
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Signed: Signed by Author

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Douglas Kinnard, a 1944 graduate of West Point, served in combat in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam, retiring as a brigadier general. After receiving a Ph.D. from Princeton, he taught at the University of Vermont, at which he is now professor emeritus of political science. Subsequently, he served as Army Chief of Military History and was on the faculties of the Naval War College and the National Defense University. Now a resident of Alexandria, Virginia, he is the author of seven books.