Foundation of the Force

Foundation of the Force

Author: Mark R. Grandstaff

Publisher: Government Printing Office

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 9780160490415

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A study of how Air Force enlisted personnel helped shape the fi%ture Air Force and foster professionalism among noncommissioned officers in the 195Os.


Defense's Nuclear Agency 1947-1997 (DTRA History Series)

Defense's Nuclear Agency 1947-1997 (DTRA History Series)

Author: Defense Threat Reduction Agency

Publisher: Militarybookshop.CompanyUK

Published: 2003-09

Total Pages: 476

ISBN-13:

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This official history was originally printed in very small numbers in 2002. "Defense's Nuclear Agency, 1947-1997" traces the development of the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project (AFSWP), and its descendant government organizations, from its original founding in 1947 to 1997. After the disestablishment of the Manhattan Engineering District (MED) in 1947, AFSWP was formed to provide military training in nuclear weapons' operations. Over the years, its sequential descendant organizations have been the Defense Atomic Support Agency (DASA) from 1959 to 1971, the Defense Nuclear Agency (DNA) from 1971 to 1996, and the Defense Special Weapons Agency (DSWA) from 1996 to 1998. In 1998, DSWA, the On-Site Inspection Agency, the Defense Technology Security Administration, and selected elements of the Office of Secretary of Defense were combined to form the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA).


Air Force Roles and Missions

Air Force Roles and Missions

Author: Warren A. Trest

Publisher: Department of the Air Force

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13:

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Traces the usage of- and meaning given to- the terms "roles and missions" relating to the armed forces and particularly to the United States Air Force, from 1907 to the present.


New Challenges, New Tools for Defense Decisionmaking

New Challenges, New Tools for Defense Decisionmaking

Author: Stuart E. Johnson

Publisher: Rand Corporation

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13:

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Addresses the challenges of this changed world, the difficulties for defense planning these challenges engender, and new analytic techniques for framing these complex problems.