Title Star spangled security : applying lessons learned over six decades safeguarding America / Harold Brown with Joyce Winslow

Published Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 277 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations Contents Prologue -- Oh, say can you see : the view from the top -- What so proudly we hail : insuring national defense through its budget -- Stripes and bright stars : how the team at the top affects security policy -- The perilous fight : Iranian revolution and the hostage crisis -- Rockets' red glare and bombs : plans, programs, and agreements -- The ramparts we watched : dealing with the outside world -- That banner yet waves : preparing for what lies ahead -- Land of the free : stimulating the national economy for international security -- Home of the brave : America at a tipping point Summary Harold Brown served as U.S. secretary of defense when the Soviet Union posed an existential threat with superior conventional force capability and a daunting nuclear weapons arsenal. No one could have been better suited to deter the Soviets during that most dangerous period in the Cold War. A physicist, Brown had previously led Livermore Laboratory and its development of the Polaris missile warhead. By age 33 he was director of Defense Research and Engineering, and he later served as secretary of the U.S. Air Force early in the Vietnam War. In the Carter administration, Brown re Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Brown, Harold, 1927-2019. SUBJECT Brown, Harold, 1927-2019 fast Subject United States. Department of Defense -- Biography SUBJECT United States. Department of Defense fast Subject National security -- United States -- Decision making -- Case studies Cabinet officers -- United States -- Biography National security -- United States -- History HISTORY -- Military -- Other. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Security (National & International) Cabinet officers Military policy -- Decision making Military policy -- Planning National security National security -- Decision making SUBJECT United States -- Military policy -- Decision making -- Case studies United States -- Military policy -- Planning Subject United States Genre/Form Biographies Case studies History Biographies. Case studies. Biographies. Études de cas. Form Electronic book Author Winslow, Joyce ISBN 9780815723837 0815723830 1283613328 9781283613323 9786613925770 6613925772

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