Victory On The Potomac: The Goldwater-Nichols Act Unifies The Pentagon
by James R. Locher, III
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- near fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1585443980
- ISBN 13
- 9781585443987
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About This Item
College Station, TX: Texas A & M Univ Pr, 2004 Texas A&M University Press, College Station, TX. 2004. Softcover/ Trade Wraps. 2nd Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; corner bump on the front bottom. No DJ. Pictorial Wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split. 524 pp. A definitive case study of the careful preparation and tenacity required to overturn an entrenched bureaucratic position. The author lays out the manner in which a handful of senior officers vigorously supported by farsighted members of Congress managed to overcome bitter institutional resistance to pass the GNA which embodied a veritable organizational revelation. A clean and pristine copy.
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- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
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- 000400
- Title
- Victory On The Potomac: The Goldwater-Nichols Act Unifies The Pentagon
- Author
- James R. Locher, III
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1585443980
- ISBN 13
- 9781585443987
- Publisher
- Texas A & M Univ Pr
- Place of Publication
- College Station, TX
- Date Published
- 2004
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- PENTAGON, GOLDWATER-NICHOLS DEFENSE REORGANIZATION ACT, SENATOR SAM NUNN, DEPARTMENT OF Defense, BARRY GOLDWATER, Goldwater-Nichols Act.
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