Reorganizing the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Subtitle: The Goldwater-Nichols Act of 1986 (Contributions in Military Studies)
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: November 30, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780313310850
Subjects: Central government; Warfare & Defence; Military And Naval Law; National Security Issues; Law; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; USA; Government - U.S. Government; Military - United States; Political Freedom & Security - International Secur; History / Military / United States; Military; Armed Forces; Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986; History; Military law; Reorganization; United States; United States.
First sentence: The Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986, the most important legislation affecting U.S. national defense since the National Security Act of 1947, represents the U.S. military's latest attempt to resolve inherent organizational tensions in the command and control of military forces.