History Of Acquisition In The Department Of Defense Volume 1 Rearming For The Cold War 1945 1960
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History of Acquisition in the Department of Defense Volume 1 Rearming for the Cold War 1945 1960
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Author | : Elliott V. Converse |
Publsiher | : Office of the Secretary, Historical Offi |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2012-06-12 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 016091132X |
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This volume is a history of the acquisition of major weapon systems by the United States armed forces from 1945 to 1960, the decade and a half that spanned the Truman and Eisenhower administrations following World War II. These instruments of warfare—aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, guided missiles, naval vessels, and supporting electronic systems—when combined with nuclear warheads, gave the postwar American military unprecedented deterrent and striking power.1 They were also enormously expensive. The volume is organized chronologically, with individual chapters addressing the roles of OSD, the Army, Navy, and Air Force in two distinct periods. The first, roughly coinciding with President Truman’s tenure, covers the years from the end of World War II through the end of the Korean War in 1953. The second spans the two terms of the Eisenhower presidency from 1953 through early 1961. The year 1953 marked a natural breakpoint between the two periods. The Korean War had ended. President Eisenhower and his defense team began implementing the “New Look,” a policy and strategy based on nuclear weapons, which they believed would provide security and make it possible to reduce military spending. The New Look’s stress on nuclear weapons, along with the deployment of the first operational guided missiles and the rapid advances subsequently made in nuclear and missile technology, profoundly influenced acquisition in the services throughout the 1950s and the remainder of the century. As used in this study, the term “acquisition” encompasses the activities by which the United States obtains weapons and other equipment. In surveying the history of acquisition between 1945 and 1960, this study discusses or refers in passing to many of the hundreds of weapon system programs initiated by the services in that period, but it is not a weapons encyclopedia. Instead, it investigates a few major programs in depth in the belief that such detailed examination best reveals the evolution of acquisition policies, organizations, and processes, and the various forces influencing weapons programs.
Rearming for the Cold War 1945 1960
Author | : Elliott Vanveltner Converse |
Publsiher | : Government Printing Office |
Total Pages | : 788 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Cold War |
ISBN | : SRLF:A0004160321 |
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Book Description: The first publication in a multivolume series on the history of the acquisition of major weapon systems by the Department of Defense, author Elliott Converse presents a meticulously researched overview of changes in acquisition policies, organizations, and processes within the United States military establishment during the decade and a half following World War II. Many of the changes that shaped the nature and course of weapons research and development, production, and contracting through the end of the century were instituted between 1945 and 1960; many of the problems that have repeatedly challenged defense policymakers and acquisition professionals also first surfaced during these years. This study is the first to combine the histories of the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) and the military services into one account. The volume is organized chronologically, with individual chapters addressing the roles of OSD, the Army, Navy and Air Force in two distinct periods.
Rearming for the Cold War 1945 1960
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Author | : Elliott V. Converse, 3rd |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 784 |
Release | : 2012-11-05 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 1457833026 |
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Rearming for the Cold War 1945 1960
Author | : Elliott Vanveltner Converse |
Publsiher | : Government Printing Office |
Total Pages | : 792 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Cold War |
ISBN | : IND:30000143029076 |
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Book Description: The first publication in a multivolume series on the history of the acquisition of major weapon systems by the Department of Defense, author Elliott Converse presents a meticulously researched overview of changes in acquisition policies, organizations, and processes within the United States military establishment during the decade and a half following World War II. Many of the changes that shaped the nature and course of weapons research and development, production, and contracting through the end of the century were instituted between 1945 and 1960; many of the problems that have repeatedly challenged defense policymakers and acquisition professionals also first surfaced during these years. This study is the first to combine the histories of the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) and the military services into one account. The volume is organized chronologically, with individual chapters addressing the roles of OSD, the Army, Navy and Air Force in two distinct periods.
History of Acquisition in the Dept of Defense Vol II Adapting to Flexible Response 1960 1968 2013
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 496 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : MINN:31951D03758339H |
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History of Acquisition in the Department of Defense
Author | : Elliott Vanveltner Converse |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 494 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Cold War |
ISBN | : STANFORD:36105214588126 |
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Forging the Shield
Author | : Donald A. Carter |
Publsiher | : Department of the Army |
Total Pages | : 542 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : STANFORD:36105050685325 |
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This illustrated book that includes tables, charts, and maps primarily discusses the role of USAREUR (US Army Europe) in rearming and training the new German Army which was perhaps the Army's single greatest contribution toward maintaining security in Western Europe. Likewise, the relationship between American soldiers and their French and West German hosts evolved over time and is a critical element in telling the story of the US Army in Europe.
Adapting to Flexible Response 1960 1968
Author | : Walter S. Poole |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 494 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Cold War |
ISBN | : UCSD:31822038865911 |
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