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*Then, as now, the services were fighting, each of them trying to carve out a leading role in the postwar world. Defense Secretary James Forrestal corralled the joint chiefs at Key West, Fla., ordered them to forget about returning to Washington until they had settled their roles and missions. From...
There, steaming from Istanbul to Athens in the Mediterranean, is Vice Admiral Harry D. Felt's Sixth Fleet-soon to include the bristling guided-missile cruiser Canberra*-offering defense-in-depth to NATO's long, thin southern flank and imposing its stable strength on Middle Eastern foment. There...
For years to come (although some of Burke's visionaries see a time when the entire nuclear, missile-armed Navy will move underwater) the admirals plan that the heart of the task force will remain the attack carrier with its steam catapults, mirror landing system, angled flight deck, and...
* James Forrestal (18 months), Louis Johnson (18 months), George Marshall (12 months), Robert Lovett (16 months).
Ever since he sent his famed memorandum to President Eisenhower urging a Strategy Board for Political Defense against the spread of Communism, Brigadier General David Sarnoff, board chairman of RCA, has stood out as one of the most imaginative strategists of the cold war. Last week, after receiving the National...