| Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 257 pages) : illustrations. |
| Series |
Occasional paper ; 223
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| Note |
"Project Air Force." |
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"Prepared for the United States Air Force." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
"Lieutenant General Glenn A. Kent was a uniquely acute analyst and developer of American defense policy in the second half of the twentieth century. His 33-year career in the Air Force was followed by more than 20 years as one of the leading analysts at RAND. This volume is not a memoir in the normal sense but rather a summary of the dozens of national security issues in which Glenn was personally engaged over the course of his career. These issues included creating the single integrated operational plan (SIOP), leading DoD's official assessment of strategic defenses in the 1960s, developing and analyzing strategic nuclear arms control agreements, helping to bring new weapon systems to life, and many others. Each vignette describes the analytical frameworks and, where appropriate, the mathematical formulas and charts that Glenn developed and applied to gain insights into the issue at hand. The author also relates his roles in much of the bureaucratic pulling and hauling that occurred as issues were addressed within the government."--Publisher's website. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Contents |
Ch. 1: The single integrated operational plan -- ch. 2: Nuclear weapons: strategy and arms control -- ch. 3: Analysis, force planning, and the paradigm for modernizing -- ch. 4: Modernizing nuclear forces -- ch. 5: Modernizing conventional forces -- ch. 6: Analytical tools -- ch. 7: Summing up: Kent's maxims -- Chronology. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
United States. Air Force -- Officers -- Biography.
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United States. Air Force.
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United States. Air Force. (OCoLC)fst00538280
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Military planning -- United States.
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Generals -- United States -- Biography.
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Strategic forces -- United States.
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National security -- United States.
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United States -- Defenses -- Decision making.
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United States -- Military policy.
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TECHNOLOGY -- Military Science.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- International Security.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- General.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
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Armed Forces -- Officers.
(OCoLC)fst00814617
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Generals. (OCoLC)fst00939841
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Military planning. (OCoLC)fst01021370
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Military policy. (OCoLC)fst01021386
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Military readiness -- Decision making.
(OCoLC)fst01353781
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National security. (OCoLC)fst01033711
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Strategic forces. (OCoLC)fst01134356
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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| Added Author |
Ochmanek, David A.
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Spirtas, Michael.
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Pirnie, Bruce, 1940-
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Project Air Force (U.S.)
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RAND (Online publications)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kent, Glenn A., 1915- Thinking about America's defense. 9780833044525 (DLC) 2008025840 (OCoLC)232002122 |
| ISBN |
9780833048622 (electronic bk.) |
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0833048627 (electronic bk.) |
