Rearming at the dawn of the Cold War
Subtitle: Louis Johnson, George Marshall, and Robert Lovett, 1949-1952
By: Jeffrey A. Larsen and Robert M. Shelala II
Contributors: Shelala, Robert M.; United States. Department of Defense. Historical Office; National Defense University Press
Series: Cold War foreign policy series, special study -- 2; Cold War foreign policy series, special study -- 2.
Publisher: National Defense University Press for the Historical Office, Office of the Secretary of Defense
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 40
Subjects: History; Military policy; Foreign relations; United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense; United States
Description: Examines the last four years of the Truman administration and a succession of Secretaries of Defense who served during the Korean War: Louis Johnson, George Marshall, and Robert Lovett. These three Secretaries took divergent approaches to meeting their mandate from President Truman in an era of increasing foreign policy and national security challenges.
Notes: "February 2012."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 33-40).
Table of contents: title: Louis Johnson in command; title: NATO and the Military Assistance Program; title: New threats : the Soviet atomic test and China's communist revolution; title: NSC 68; title: Implementing NSC 68 : the Korean War and German rearmament; title: The changing of the guard; title: The Marshall-Lovett legacy; title: Conclusion.