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The Joint Chiefs of Staff and The War in Vietnam - 1960-1968 Part 3 (Paperback)
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The Joint Chiefs of Staff and The War in Vietnam - 1960-1968 Part 3 (Paperback)
Series: History of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 5
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Established during World War II to advise the President regarding
the strategic direction of the armed forces of the United States,
the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) continued in existence after the
war, and as military advisers and planners, have played a
significant role in the development of national policy. Knowledge
of JCS relations with the President, the National Security Council,
and the Secretary of Defense in the years since World War II is
essential to an understanding of their current work. An account of
their activity in peacetime and during crises provides, moreover,
an important series of chapters in the military history of the
United States. For these reasons, the Joint Chiefs of Staff
directed that an official history be written for the record. Its
value for instructional purposes, for the orientation of officers
newly assigned to the JCS organization and as a source of
information for staff studies, will be readily recognized. Written
to complement The Joint Chiefs of Staff and National Policy series,
The Joint Chiefs of Staff and the War in Vietnam focuses upon the
activities of the Joint Chiefs that were concerned with the
conflicts in Indochina and later Vietnam. The nature of the
activities of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the sensitivity of the
sources used caused the volumes of the series to be written as
classified documents. Classification designations in the footnotes
are those that appeared in the classified publication. This
three-part volume describes JCS activities related to the Vietnam
War during the period 1960-1968. Originally, the volume was written
as a collaborative effort by members of the Historical Division;
each part is being updated and published separately. In the
preface, Dr. Graham Cosmas discusses the general nature of the
revisions that he made in updating the text. Dr. David Armstrong
edited the revised version of Part Three; Ms. Susan Carroll
compiled the Index; and Ms. Penny Norman prepared the manuscript
for publication. The volume was reviewed for declassification by
the appropriate US Government departments and agencies and cleared
for release. The volume is an official publication of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff but, inasmuch as the text has not been considered
by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, it must be construed as descriptive
only and does not constitute the official position of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff on any subject.
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