Historical Reports on Defense Production
Author : United States. National Production Authority
Publisher :
Page : 1094 pages
File Size : 35,27 MB
Release : 1953
Category : Industrial priorities
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Author : United States. National Production Authority
Publisher :
Page : 1094 pages
File Size : 35,27 MB
Release : 1953
Category : Industrial priorities
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Author :
Publisher :
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 27,76 MB
Release : 1953
Category : Industrial priorities
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Author : United States
Publisher :
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 47,9 MB
Release : 1955
Category : Industrial priorities
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Author : United States. Department of Defense
Publisher :
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 11,2 MB
Release : 1998
Category : United States
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Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 37,40 MB
Release : 2008-03-26
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0309177928
Since 1939, the U.S. government, using the National Defense Stockpile (NDS), has been stockpiling critical strategic materials for national defense. The economic and national security environments, however, have changed significantly from the time the NDS was created. Current threats are more varied, production and processing of key materials is more globally dispersed, the global competition for raw materials is increasing, the U.S. military is more dependent on civilian industry, and industry depends far more on just-in-time inventory control. To help determine the significance of these changes for the strategic materials stockpile, the Department of Defense asked the NRC to assess the continuing need for and value of the NDS. This report begins with the historical context of the NDS. It then presents a discussion of raw-materials and minerals supply, an examination of changing defense planning and materials needs, an analysis of modern tools used to manage materials supply chains, and an assessment of current operational practices of the NDS.
Author : National Military Establishment (U.S.)
Publisher :
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 10,45 MB
Release : 1948
Category : United States
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Author : Stephen Lee McFarland
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 19,39 MB
Release : 1997
Category : History
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Except in a few instances, since World War II no American soldier or sailor has been attacked by enemy air power. Conversely, no enemy soldier orsailor has acted in combat without being attacked or at least threatened by American air power. Aviators have brought the air weapon to bear against enemies while denying them the same prerogative. This is the legacy of the U.S. AirForce, purchased at great cost in both human and material resources.More often than not, aerial pioneers had to fight technological ignorance, bureaucratic opposition, public apathy, and disagreement over purpose.Every step in the evolution of air power led into new and untrodden territory, driven by humanitarian impulses; by the search for higher, faster, and farther flight; or by the conviction that the air way was the best way. Warriors have always coveted the high ground. If technology permitted them to reach it, men, women andan air force held and exploited it-from Thomas Selfridge, first among so many who gave that "last full measure of devotion"; to Women's Airforce Service Pilot Ann Baumgartner, who broke social barriers to become the first Americanwoman to pilot a jet; to Benjamin Davis, who broke racial barriers to become the first African American to command a flying group; to Chuck Yeager, a one-time non-commissioned flight officer who was the first to exceed the speed of sound; to John Levitow, who earned the Medal of Honor by throwing himself over a live flare to save his gunship crew; to John Warden, who began a revolution in air power thought and strategy that was put to spectacular use in the Gulf War.Industrialization has brought total war and air power has brought the means to overfly an enemy's defenses and attack its sources of power directly. Americans have perceived air power from the start as a more efficient means of waging war and as a symbol of the nation's commitment to technology to master challenges, minimize casualties, and defeat adversaries.
Author : Matthew R. Lehner
Publisher : Nova Science Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 27,97 MB
Release : 2014-01-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781629480886
The Defense Production Act of 1950 (DPA), provides the President a broad set of authorities to ensure that domestic industry can meet national defence requirements. This book examines some of the extensive history of the DPA, focusing primarily on its creation and most recent legislative reauthorisation.
Author : Richard A. Hunt
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 740 pages
File Size : 29,1 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780160927577
"[E]xamines the former Congressman Melvin Laird's efforts to reconstitute the Department of Defense during the last years of the Vietnam war... Laird acted to mitigate the adverse effects of the Vietnam War on the department and to prepare the nation's armed forces for the future. Foremost was the transition from a conscripted military to an all-volunteer force, a fundamental policy shift that ended an unpopular and inequitable draft system."--from jacket.
Author :
Publisher : Ludwig von Mises Institute
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 46,33 MB
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Category :
ISBN : 1610163826