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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 320 EAN: 9781585443987 ISBN: 1585443980 Label: Texas A&M University Press Manufacturer: Texas A&M University Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 544 Publication Date: 2004-08 Publisher: Texas A&M University Press Studio: Texas A&M University Press Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Good SaleThe book arrived in the estimated time and in the condition advertised by this seller. Rating: - A Good CauseThis book is an outstanding history of the four year process necessary to introduce meaningful reforms of the command structure into the U.S. Defense Establishment. The process involved courageous champions from the military services, equally courageous and bipartisan senators and congressman, and dedicated and knowledgeable legislative staffers. It is a story of persistence and dedication to the cause of reform in the U.S. Military. In the wake of WWII the U.S. Congress passed the ... Read More Rating: - Setting the Stage for the NEXT Reform of National SecurityI bought this book at the Army War College after hearing its author speak to the Army Strategy Conference on "Rebalancing the Instruments of National Power." I have posted 29 pages of notes at Earth Intelligence Network, with a page or two from Jim Locher's brilliant luncheon presentation. Having spent the evening with this book, and with an understanding of what the Project on National Security Reform will be providing to the next President of the United States, I found the book totally ... Read More Rating:  - Great case studyFantastic case study of Congress in action. Without tooting his own horn too much, Locher presents a great first person account of how the Goldwater-Nichols Act (GNA) became law and made the US stronger. This amazing achievement occurred despite a bitter Navy, a stone-walling Secretary of Defense (Weinberger), and a non-committal President (Reagan). Due to a strong bi-partisan relationship between Senators Nunn and Goldwater (among many others in Congress), this needed piece of legislation became law. ... Read More Rating:  - Required reading, but with a big caveatMy rating is in the middle because the book should be required reading for anyone who wants to know how Goldwater-Nichols came about, however, at the same time, it is extremely biased in its delivery, analysis and conclusions. The author was appointed by Senators Nunn (D) and Goldwater (R) to be the senior reorganization staffer who, "led the team that helped congress 'get smart' on this complex but critically important subject." Because of Locher's involvement from the Act's beginning through to its ... Read More 
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