Louis Johnson and the arming of America : the Roosevelt and Truman years /

Louis Johnson and the arming of America : the Roosevelt and Truman years /

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[As FDR's assistant secretary of war, and Truman's secretary of defense, Johnson confronted and carried out extremely unpopular initiatives that each president believed vital to the nation's security and economic welfare. This chronicles the rise and fall.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McFarland, Keith D., 1940-
Other Authors: Roll, David L., 1940-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2005.
Subjects:
Johnson, Louis Arthur, > 1891-1966.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. > (Franklin Delano), > 1882-1945.
Truman, Harry S., > 1884-1972.
United States. > Department of Defense > Biography.
1900 - 1999
Cabinet officers > United States > Biography.
United States > Politics and government > 1933-1945.
United States > Politics and government > 1945-1953.
United States > Military policy.
United States > Defenses > History > 20th century.
Biographies
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Bedford blood
  • Foot in the door
  • Like feuding schoolboys
  • "Basic shift in mobilization planning"
  • Understanding FDR
  • Surviving FDR
  • "But you promised me"
  • Personal representative of the president
  • Long shot pays off
  • Inside the Pentagon
  • Revolt of the admirals
  • "Like a meatchopper on roundsteak"
  • "My God, the Russians have the bomb"
  • Entangling alliance
  • "Till the dust settles"
  • Last week in June
  • "Give me two American divisions and I can hold Korea"
  • Means of descent
  • :Lou, I've got to ask you to quit"
  • "Lest darkness come."

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