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Author : Charles A. Stevenson
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book SECDEF written by Charles A. Stevenson and published by Potomac Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The men who struggle with Washington's most demanding post
Author : Christopher C. Miller
Publisher : Center Street
ISBN 13 : 1546002464
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (46 download)
Download or read book Soldier Secretary written by Christopher C. Miller and published by Center Street. This book was released on 2023-02-07 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: President Trump's last secretary of defense shares harrowing stories of missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, gives an "important" insider look at the tumultuous final days of the administration, and issues a stark warning about the readiness of the military under President Biden (Sean Hannity). If you know one thing about Chris Miller, it's that he was President Donald Trump's final Secretary of Defense, elevated to that position in the days after the 2020 election. If you know a second thing about Chris Miller, it's that he oversaw the U.S. Armed Forces during one of the most controversial and tumultuous periods the military has experienced in decades, culminating in the shocking events at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Yet Chris Miller is no political partisan. On the contrary, Miller has spent his adult life in the crosshairs of America's most dangerous enemies--from Middle Eastern deserts to the bowels of U.S. intelligence agencies--and emerged as one of the leading national security minds of his generation. Needless to say, Chris Miller has stories to tell. In Soldier Secretary, he reveals for the first time everything he saw--in a book that is candid, thought-provoking, and like that of no Secretary of Defense before him. This book is not just the inside story of what happened during the Trump administration--it's the inside story of what happened to America, its military, and its institutions during the two decades after September 11, 2001. Part badass, part iconoclast, Miller is an irreverent, heterodox, and always-fascinating thinker whose personal journey through war and the White House has led him to some shocking conclusions about the state of American power in 2021. With a perspective that will surprise and interest both Republicans and Democrats, Miller argues for a radical rethinking of U.S. national security strategy unlike anything since the creation of the joint armed forces in the 1980s. He offers a roadmap for how the United States can win in the era of unrestricted warfare by shedding the bloated defense bureaucracy, bringing American forces home from endless conflicts, renewing our national unity, and beating China at its own game. Miller is a true American warrior whose incredible journey from Iowa to Afghanistan to Iraq to the White House endeared him to the troops, prepared him for the unprecedented crisis of January 6, and left him deeply concerned about the future of our military and the future of our nation.
Author : Robert M. Gates
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307959481
Total Pages : 673 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (79 download)
Download or read book Duty written by Robert M. Gates and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2014-01-14 with total page 673 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the former secretary of defense, a strikingly candid, vivid account of serving Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. When Robert M. Gates received a call from the White House, he thought he’d long left Washington politics behind: After working for six presidents in both the CIA and the National Security Council, he was happily serving as president of Texas A&M University. But when he was asked to help a nation mired in two wars and to aid the troops doing the fighting, he answered what he felt was the call of duty.
Author : Mark T. Esper
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0063144344
Total Pages : 752 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (631 download)
Download or read book A Sacred Oath written by Mark T. Esper and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2022-05-10 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Former Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper reveals the shocking details of his tumultuous tenure while serving in the Trump administration. From June of 2019 until his firing by President Trump after the November 2020 election, Secretary Mark T. Esper led the Department of Defense through an unprecedented time in history—a period marked by growing threats and conflict abroad, a global pandemic unseen in a century, the greatest domestic unrest in two generations, and a White House seemingly bent on breaking accepted norms and conventions for political advantage. A Sacred Oath is Secretary Esper’s unvarnished and candid memoir of those extraordinary and dangerous times, and includes events and moments never before told.
Author : Charles A. Stevenson
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1612342795
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (123 download)
Download or read book SECDEF written by Charles A. Stevenson and published by Potomac Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2011-07 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SECDEF offers an expert's insights into one of the most difficult jobs in Washington. Of the twenty-one men who have held the post of secretary of defense since it was created in 1947, only half served more than eighteen months. The first, James Forrestal, committed suicide soon after leaving the Pentagon. Seven of his successors were fired or allowed to resign gracefully after losing the confidence of the president. Many left frustrated and disappointed, while few retained the celebrity and esteem they held while in office. One observer has called the job "the graveyard of political ambitions." Charles A. Stevenson, who as a national security adviser to four U.S. senators has seen several defense secretaries in action, examines the unique challenges of this office to learn why the failure rate has been so high. SECDEF focuses on how the secretary performs in the broader world of national security policymaking, how he handles civil-military relations in planning strategy and wars, how he functions on the National Security Council and deals with the president and secretary of state, and how well he performs as a politician, especially in dealing with Congress. In office, Charles Stevenson finds, these men have tended to fall into one of the three general roles for executing such responsibilities: revolutionaries, firefighters, or, the most common role, team players. Stevenson analyzes each type for its defining characteristics and evaluates individual secretaries. This book will appeal to defense professionals and students alike and to readers interested in American defense and foreign policy who want to learn more about the important role often played by the person informally labeled the SECDEF.
Author : Alfred Goldberg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 752 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (8 download)
Download or read book History of the Office of the Secretary of Defense: The test of War, 1950-1953 written by Alfred Goldberg and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alfred Goldberg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 722 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book History of the Office of the Secretary of Defense: The McNamara ascendancy, 1961-1965 written by Alfred Goldberg and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alfred Goldberg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1084 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (6 download)
Download or read book History of the Office of the Secretary of Defense: Into the missile age, 1956-1960 written by Alfred Goldberg and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 1084 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : Government Printing Office
ISBN 13 : 9780160873430
Total Pages : 718 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (734 download)
Download or read book History of the Office of the Secretary of Defense: The McNamara ascendancy, 1961-1965 written by and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on with total page 718 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A narrative history and assessment of the early years of Robert McNamara's tenure as Secretary of Defense, including McNamara's relationship with Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, the transformation of the Department of Defense as a part of Kennedy's New Frontier, and the Pentagon's handling of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Bay of Pigs episode, and onset of the Vietnam War along with other major national security events and developments during a turbulent and momentous period of the Cold War. (Fuller description is on the dust jacket flaps.)
Author : Alfred Goldberg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 734 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (327 download)
Download or read book History of the Office of the Secretary of Defense written by Alfred Goldberg and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 734 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jim Mattis
Publisher : Hoover Press
ISBN 13 : 0817919368
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (179 download)
Download or read book Warriors and Citizens written by Jim Mattis and published by Hoover Press. This book was released on 2016-08-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A diverse group of contributors offer different perspectives on whether or not the different experiences of our military and the broader society amounts to a "gap"—and if the American public is losing connection to its military. They analyze extensive polling information to identify those gaps between civilian and military attitudes on issues central to the military profession and the professionalism of our military, determine which if any of these gaps are problematic for sustaining the traditionally strong bonds between the American military and its broader public, analyze whether any problematic gaps are amenable to remediation by policy means, and assess potential solutions. The contributors also explore public disengagement and the effect of high levels of public support for the military combined with very low levels of trust in elected political leaders—both recurring themes in their research. And they reflect on whether American society is becoming so divorced from the requirements for success on the battlefield that not only will we fail to comprehend our military, but we also will be unwilling to endure a military so constituted to protect us. Contributors: Rosa Brooks, Matthew Colford,Thomas Donnelly, Peter Feaver, Jim Golby, Jim Hake, Tod Lindberg, Mackubin Thomas Owens, Cody Poplin, Nadia Schadlow, A. J. Sugarman, Lindsay Cohn Warrior, Benjamin Wittes
Author : Jim Mattis
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0812996836
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (129 download)
Download or read book Call Sign Chaos written by Jim Mattis and published by Random House. This book was released on 2019-09-03 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A clear-eyed account of learning how to lead in a chaotic world, by General Jim Mattis—the former Secretary of Defense and one of the most formidable strategic thinkers of our time—and Bing West, a former assistant secretary of defense and combat Marine. “A four-star general’s five-star memoir.”—The Wall Street Journal Call Sign Chaos is the account of Jim Mattis’s storied career, from wide-ranging leadership roles in three wars to ultimately commanding a quarter of a million troops across the Middle East. Along the way, Mattis recounts his foundational experiences as a leader, extracting the lessons he has learned about the nature of warfighting and peacemaking, the importance of allies, and the strategic dilemmas—and short-sighted thinking—now facing our nation. He makes it clear why America must return to a strategic footing so as not to continue winning battles but fighting inconclusive wars. Mattis divides his book into three parts: Direct Leadership, Executive Leadership, and Strategic Leadership. In the first part, Mattis recalls his early experiences leading Marines into battle, when he knew his troops as well as his own brothers. In the second part, he explores what it means to command thousands of troops and how to adapt your leadership style to ensure your intent is understood by your most junior troops so that they can own their mission. In the third part, Mattis describes the challenges and techniques of leadership at the strategic level, where military leaders reconcile war’s grim realities with political leaders’ human aspirations, where complexity reigns and the consequences of imprudence are severe, even catastrophic. Call Sign Chaos is a memoir of a life of warfighting and lifelong learning, following along as Mattis rises from Marine recruit to four-star general. It is a journey about learning to lead and a story about how he, through constant study and action, developed a unique leadership philosophy, one relevant to us all.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee of the Department of Defense
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 872 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)
Download or read book Budget overview. Secretary of Defense and Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee of the Department of Defense and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 872 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Department of Defense
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 772 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Report of Secretary of Defense ... to the Congress on the FY ... Budget, FY ... Authorization Request, and FY ... Defense Programs written by United States. Department of Defense and published by . This book was released on with total page 772 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ash Carter
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1524743925
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (247 download)
Download or read book Inside the Five-Sided Box written by Ash Carter and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-06-09 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Former Secretary of Defense Ash Carter takes readers behind the scenes to reveal the inner workings of the Pentagon, its vital mission, and what it takes to lead it. The Pentagon is the headquarters of the single largest institution in America: the Department of Defense. The D.O.D. employs millions of Americans. It owns and operates more real estate, and spends more money, than any other entity. It manages the world’s largest and most complex information network and performs more R&D than Apple, Google, and Microsoft combined. Most important, the policies it carries out, in war and peace, impact the security and freedom of billions of people around the globe. Yet to most Americans, the dealings of the D.O.D. are a mystery, and the Pentagon nothing more than an opaque five-sided box that they regard with a mixture of awe and suspicion. In this new book, former Secretary of Defense Ash Carter demystifies the Pentagon and sheds light on all that happens inside one of the nation’s most iconic, and most closely guarded, buildings. Drawn from Carter’s thirty-six years of leadership experience in the D.O.D., this is the essential book for understanding the challenge of defending America in a dangerous world—and imparting a trove of incisive lessons that can guide leaders in any complex organization. In these times of great disruption and danger, the need for Ash Carter’s authoritative and pragmatic account is more urgent than ever.
Author : Robert M. Gates
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0525432582
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (254 download)
Download or read book Exercise of Power written by Robert M. Gates and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the former secretary of defense and author of the acclaimed #1 bestselling memoir, Duty, a candid, sweeping examination of power, and how it has been exercised, for good and bad, by American presidents in the post-Cold War world. Since the end of the Cold War, the global perception of the United States has progressively morphed from dominant international leader to disorganized entity. Robert Gates argues that this transformation is the result of the failure of political leaders to understand the complexity of American power, its expansiveness and its limitations. He makes clear that the successful exercise of power is not limited to the ability to coerce or demand submission, but must also encompass diplomacy, strategic communications, development assistance, intelligence, technology, and ideology. With forthright judgments of the performance of past presidents and their senior-most advisers, insightful firsthand knowledge, and compelling insider stories, Gates’s candid, sweeping examination of power in all its manifestations argues that U.S. national security in the future will require abiding by the lessons of the past, reimagining our approach, and revitalizing nonmilitary instruments of power essential to success and security.
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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)
Download or read book Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
