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BL
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980507
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b734877
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Kent, Glenn A.,1915-
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| Title & Author
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Thinking about America's defense : : an analytical memoir /\ Glenn A. Kent ; with David Ochmanek, Michael Spirtas, Bruce R. Pirnie.
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| Publication Statement
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Santa Monica, Calif. :: Rand,, 2008.
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| Series Statement
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Occasional paper ;; 223
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1 online resource (xxiv, 257 pages) :: illustrations.
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| ISBN
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0833048627
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: 1282451057
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: 661245105X
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: 9780833048622
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: 9781282451056
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: 9786612451058
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0833044524
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9780833044525
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"Prepared for the United States Air Force."
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"Project Air Force."
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Includes bibliographical references.
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| Contents
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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.
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"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.
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United States.-- Officers
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United States.
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United States.
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Generals-- United States, Biography.
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Military planning-- United States.
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National security-- United States.
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Strategic forces-- United States.
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Armed Forces-- Officers.
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Generals.
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Law, Politics Government.
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Military Naval Science.
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Military planning.
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Military policy.
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Military readiness-- Decision making.
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Military Science - General.
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National security.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Freedom Security-- General.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Freedom Security-- International Security.
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Strategic forces.
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TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING-- Military Science.
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TECHNOLOGY-- Military Science.
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United States, Defenses, Decision making.
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United States, Military policy.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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355/.033073
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U153.K466 2008
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Ochmanek, David A.
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Pirnie, Bruce,1940-
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Spirtas, Michael.
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Project Air Force (U.S.)
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