The Chairmanship of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1949-2016
- ISBN-10
- 0160933218
- ISBN-13
- 9780160933219
- Category
- Admirals
- Pages
- 391
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016
- Publisher
- Government Printing Office
- Authors
- United States. Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Joint History Office, Nathan S. Lowrey
Description
"This revised fifth edition examines the development of the chairmanship as an institution over the last sixty-seven years. It presents an expanded historical essay and four additional career biographies, with associated updates to the supplementary sections and appendices." --p.vii.
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