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Автор: David L. Roll, Keith D. McFarland
Название: Louis Johnson and the Arming of America: The Roosevelt and Truman Years
ISBN: 9780253346261
Издательство: Wiley EDC
Классификация:

Биографии исторических, политических и военных деятелей

История Америк

История 20 века: с 1900 по 2000

Политология и политическая философия

ISBN-10: 0253346266
Обложка/Формат: Hardback
Страницы: 464
Вес: 0.87 кг.
Дата издания: 2005-10-04
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: 24 b&w photos
Размер: 239 x 165 x 36
Читательская аудитория: Professional & vocational
Основная тема: Second World War,True war & combat stories, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military,BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political,HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General
Подзаголовок: The roosevelt and truman years
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: Without question this is an important new addition to World War II and Cold War historiography. . . . Highly recommended. —Douglas Brinkley, author of Dean Acheson: The Cold War Years and The Unfinished Presidency: Jimmy Carters Journey beyond the White House
A remarkably objective, yet sympathetic, study of Louis Johnsons life and career. Now only half-remembered, . . . Johnson was a major national figure. Colorful, aggressive, independent-minded, egotistical, his strong views and conflicts with Dean Acheson proved to be his undoing. All in all, a fascinating tale. —James R. Schlesinger, former Secretary of Defense
McFarland and Roll have performed a real service in rescuing from obscurity this Democratic mover and shaker. Their account of the rise and fall of Louis Johnson provides us with the fullest depiction yet of an important Washington figure employed for better or worse as a blunt instrument of policy change by both Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman. —Alonzo L. Hamby, author of Man of the People: A Life of Harry S. Truman and For the Survival of Democracy: Franklin Roosevelt and the World Crisis of the 1930s
[Johnsons] career is a cautionary tale of how even the most ruthlessly effective men can become pawns in the Washington power game. McFarland and Roll bring Johnson to life in this thorough and well-told history. —Evan Thomas, Newsweek, author of Robert Kennedy: His Life and The Very Best Men: The Early Years of the CIA
Louis Johnson was FDRs Assistant Secretary of War and the architect of the industrial mobilization plans that put the nation on a war footing prior to its entry into World War II. Later, as Trumans Secretary of Defense, Johnson was given the difficult job of unifying the armed forces and carrying out Trumans orders to dramatically reduce defense expenditures. In both administrations, he was asked to confront and carry out extremely unpopular initiatives—massive undertakings that each president believed were vital to the nations security and economic welfare. Johnsons conflicts with Henry Morganthau, Secretary of War Harry H. Woodring, Winston Churchill, Harry Hopkins, Dean Acheson, Averell Harriman, and Paul Nitze find contemporary parallels in the recent disagreements between the national defense establishment and the State Department.
Дополнительное описание: Contents
Acknowledgments

Introduction
1. Bedford Blood
2. Foot in the Door
3. Like Feuding Schoolboys
4. "Basic Shift in Mobilization Planning"
5. Understanding FDR
6. Surviving FDR
7. "But You Promised

Louis Johnson and the Arming of America: The Roosevelt and Truman Years, David L. Roll, Keith D. McFarland