Louis Johnson and the arming of America : the Roosevelt and Truman administrations
Louis Johnson was FDR's Assistant Secretary of War and the architect of industrial mobilization plans that put the nation on a war footing prior to its entry into World War II. Later, as Truman's Secretary of Defense, Johnson was given the difficult job of unifying the armed forces and carrying out Truman's orders to reduce defense expenditures.
Print Book, English, ©2005
Indiana University Press, Bloomington, ©2005
Biographies
x, 452 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
9780253346261, 0253346266
1023102538
ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction1. Bedford Blood2. Foot in the Door3. Like Feuding Schoolboys4. "Basic Shift in Mobilization Planning"5. Understanding FDR6. Surviving FDR7. "But You Promised Me"8. Personal Representative of the President9. Long Shot Pays Off10. Inside the Pentagon11. Revolt of the Admirals12. "Like a Meatchopper on Roundsteak"13. "My God, the Russians Have the Bomb"14. Entangling Alliance15. "Till the Dust Settles"16. Last Week in June17. "Give Me Two American Divisions and I Can Hold Korea"18. Means of Descent19. "Lou, I've Got to Ask You to Quit"20. "Lest Darkness Come"Conclusion NotesSelect BibliographyIndex