Appropriation Language And General Provisions Overseas Dependents Education Secretary Of Defense Summary By Secretary Clifford Special Briefings Admiral Hyman G Rickover Comptroller General F 111 Aircraft Programs Other Shipbuilding Programs Reprograming Ov 12 Aircraft Special Foreign Currency Program Testimony Of Interested Organizations And Individuals Tuesday May 28 1968

The most comprehensive account to date of the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon and aftermath, this volume includes unprecedented details on the impact on the Pentagon building and personnel and the scope of the rescue, recovery, and caregiving effort. It features 32 pages of photographs and more than a dozen diagrams and illustrations not previously available.

An official Atomic Energy Commission historian assigned to Admiral Rickover's office, Duncan draws on files, documents, and interviews to chronicle the introduction of nuclear powered ships into the US Navy. Covers the period from the mid-1950s to the early 1980s. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Volume 2 of History of Acquisition in the Department of Defense, by Walter S. Poole. (See Volume 1, Rearming for the Cold War in Hardcover Print and eBook). Contains a history of the acquisition of major weapon systems by the United States armed forces from 1960 to 1968. Organized chronologically, with individual chapters addressing the new needs for flexibility in defense acquisition in response the rapidly changing security environment under two periods: the President John F. Kennedy and President Lyndon B. Johnson administrations. Covers weapon acquisitions for the Vietnam War, and the rise of nuclear threats, strategic missile systems, military helicopters and nuclear submarines. Includes topics such as dissolving the link between incentives and profits, total package procurement, creation of Federal program managers, prototyping vs. component-based systems, and more.

By Lorna S. Jaffe, et al. Gives a historical perspective on the development of the chairmanship as an institution as well as on the Chairman’s an d Vice Chairman’s role in the formation and implementation of our national security policy. Sheds light on civil-military relations at the highest level during the Cold War and its immediate aftermath. Provides valuable insight into the interaction of individuals, circumstances, and law, which produced the chairmanship as we know it today.