ISBN:
9780833044525
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0833048627
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9781282451056
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1282451057
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9780833048622
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0833044524
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xxiv, 257 pages)
Edition:
[S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library 2010 Electronic reproduction
Series Statement:
Occasional paper 223
Parallel Title:
Print version Kent, Glenn A., 1915- Thinking about America's defense
Keywords:
United States Biography Officers
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United States
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Generals Biography
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Strategic forces
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National security
;
Military planning
;
Generals
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Strategic forces
;
National security
;
Military planning
;
TECHNOLOGY ; Military Science
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POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Political Freedom & Security ; International Security
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POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Political Freedom & Security ; General
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science
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Armed Forces ; Officers
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Generals
;
Military planning
;
Military policy
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Military readiness ; Decision making
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National security
;
Strategic forces
;
Military Science - General
;
Military & Naval Science
;
Law, Politics & Government
;
United States
;
United States
;
Biographies
;
United States Military policy
;
United States Defenses
;
Decision making
;
United States
;
United States
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Abstract:
"Lieutenant General Glenn A. Kent was a uniquely acute analyst and developer of American defense policy in the second half of the twentieth century. His 33-year career in the Air Force was followed by more than 20 years as one of the leading analysts at RAND. This volume is not a memoir in the normal sense but rather a summary of the dozens of national security issues in which Glenn was personally engaged over the course of his career. These issues included creating the single integrated operational plan (SIOP), leading DoD's official assessment of strategic defenses in the 1960s, developing and analyzing strategic nuclear arms control agreements, helping to bring new weapon systems to life, and many others. Each vignette describes the analytical frameworks and, where appropriate, the mathematical formulas and charts that Glenn developed and applied to gain insights into the issue at hand. The author also relates his roles in much of the bureaucratic pulling and hauling that occurred as issues were addressed within the government."--Publisher's website
Abstract:
"Lieutenant General Glenn A. Kent was a uniquely acute analyst and developer of American defense policy in the second half of the twentieth century. His 33-year career in the Air Force was followed by more than 20 years as one of the leading analysts at RAND. This volume is not a memoir in the normal sense but rather a summary of the dozens of national security issues in which Glenn was personally engaged over the course of his career. These issues included creating the single integrated operational plan (SIOP), leading DoD's official assessment of strategic defenses in the 1960s, developing and analyzing strategic nuclear arms control agreements, helping to bring new weapon systems to life, and many others. Each vignette describes the analytical frameworks and, where appropriate, the mathematical formulas and charts that Glenn developed and applied to gain insights into the issue at hand. The author also relates his roles in much of the bureaucratic pulling and hauling that occurred as issues were addressed within the government."--Publisher's website
Note:
"Prepared for the United States Air Force
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"Project Air Force
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Includes bibliographical references
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Electronic reproduction
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