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Star spangled security : applying lessons learned over six decades safeguarding America
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- Creator
- Harold Brown with Joyce Winslow
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2012
- Physical Details
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- xviii, 277 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9786613925770, 9780815723820, 0815723822, 1283613328, 9780815723837, 6613925772, 9781283613323, 0815723830
- OCLC
- ocn794708162, ocn812924930, ocn830170506
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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
Subjects
- Brown, Harold, 1927-2019.
- United States. Department of Defense -- Biography.
- National security -- United States -- Decision making -- Case studies.
- Cabinet officers -- United States -- Biography.
- National security -- United States -- History.
- United States -- Military policy -- Decision making -- Case studies.
- United States -- Military policy -- Planning.