Established during World War II to advise the President regarding
the strategic direction of 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 times of crisis 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. The
series, The Joint Chiefs of Staff and National Policy, treats the
activities of the Joint Chiefs of Staff since the close of World
War II. Because of the nature of the activities of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff as well as the sensitivity of the sources, the volumes of
the series were originally prepared in classified form.
Classification designations, in text and footnotes, are those that
appeared in the original classified volume. Following review and
declassification, the initial four volumes, covering the years
1945-1952 and the Korean War, were distributed in unclassified form
within the Department of Defense and copies were deposited with the
National Archives and Records Administration. These volumes are now
being made available as official publications. Volume I describes
JCS activities during the period 1945-1947 except for activities
related to Indochina, which are covered in a separate series. The
volume was originally planned by Dr. Ernest R. May, who developed
an outline and wrote a preliminary draft. Following a lapse of some
years, Dr. May's draft was revised by Dr. Walter S. Poole.
Subsequently, Mr. James F. Schnabel reviewed the existing drafts,
carried out additional research, and wrote the volume in its
present form. Resource constraints have prevented revision to
reflect recent scholarship.
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