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Secretaries of War, Navy, and Defense: Ensuring National Security
176 pp.
| Oliver |
October, 2002 |
LibraryISBN 1-881508-64-1$$22.95
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YAIn the Cabinet series.State offers eight short biographies of the secretaries of state whom Richie considers the United States' most important, including John Quincy Adams. War profiles seven cabinet officials, such as Robert McNamara, who directed the U.S. armed forces at historic moments. Grainy black-and-white photos hardly glamorize these already dully designed books, but the undeterred will find them adequate resources. Bib., glos., ind. [Review covers these In the Cabinet titles: Secretaries of State and Secretaries of War, Navy, and Defense.]