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Security with Solvency : Dwight D. Eisenhower and the Shaping of the American Military Establishment
Security with Solvency Dwight D Eisenhower and the Shaping of the American Military Establishment Author:Gerard Clarfield During World War II, General Dwight D. Eisenhower became convinced that the era of separate land, sea, and air operations was over and that future military operations would involve all three elements acting in concert. He foresaw that, once peace had been restored, the waste and duplication of effort which characterized America's military operat... more »ions during the war would not be tolerated by an economy-minded Congress. A fiscal conservative, Eisenhower saw national security as dependent upon maintaining a healthy economy and a strong military. His goal, therefore, was the achievement of an efficient, properly balanced military establishment within the context of a healthy economy through the unification of the services into a single Cabinet level department.« less