The Power of the Pentagon
Author | : Congressional Quarterly, inc |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 138 |
Release | : 1972 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Congressional Quarterly, inc |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 138 |
Release | : 1972 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Ash Carter |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 498 |
Release | : 2020-06-09 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1524743925 |
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 | : Eugene J. McCarthy |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 4 |
Release | : 1968 |
Genre | : Military-industrial complex |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Robert M. Gates |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 465 |
Release | : 2021-05-04 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0525432582 |
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.
Author | : Lewis Mumford |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1967 |
Genre | : Technology and civilization |
ISBN | : 9780156623414 |
Author | : Tom Gervasi |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : James Carroll |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 696 |
Release | : 2007-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780618872015 |
An analysis of the Pentagon, the military, and their vast, frequently hidden influence on American life argues that the Pentagon has, since its inception, operated beyond the control of any force in government or society.
Author | : Rosa Brooks |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 448 |
Release | : 2016-08-09 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1476777861 |
Inside secure command centers, military officials make life and death decisions-- but the Pentagon also offers food courts, banks, drugstores, florists, and chocolate shops. It is rather symbolic of the way that the U.S. military has become our one-stop-shopping solution to global problems. Brooks traces this seismic shift in how America wages war, and provides a rallying cry for action as we undermine the values and rules that keep our world from sliding toward chaos.
Author | : Alfred Goldberg |
Publisher | : Office of the Secretary, Historical Offi |
Total Pages | : 330 |
Release | : 2007-09-05 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : |
The most comprehensive account to date of the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon and aftermath, this volume includes unprecedented details on the impact on the Pentagon building and personnel and the scope of the rescue, recovery, and caregiving effort. It features 32 pages of photographs and more than a dozen diagrams and illustrations not previously available.
Author | : Jack Raymond |
Publisher | : London : Heinemann |
Total Pages | : 392 |
Release | : 1964 |
Genre | : United States |
ISBN | : |