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 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 IV describes
JCS activities during 1951-1952 except for activities related to
Korea which are covered in Volume III and activities related to
Indochina which are covered in a separate series. The outline for
this volume was developed by Dr. Walter S. Poole under the guidance
of Mr. Kenneth W. Condit. Dr. Poole performed the research and
drafted the manuscript under the successive direction of Mr.
Condit, Dr. Robert J. Watson, and Mr. James F. Schnabel. Some of
Dr. Poole's draft chapters were also reviewed by Mr. Vernon E.
Davis, former Chief of the Histories Branch. Ultimately, Dr. Poole
assumed full responsibility for the volume.
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