On Board : My Life in the Navy, Government, Business.

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Author / Creator:	Ignatius, Paul R.
Imprint:	New York : Naval Institute Press, 2014.
Description:	1 online resource (419 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Ignatius, Paul R. Ignatius, Paul R. Businessmen -- United States -- Biography. Cabinet officers -- United States -- Biography. United States. Department of the Navy -- Biography. United States. Navy -- Officers -- Biography. Businessmen. Cabinet officers. United States. Biographies.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12645256

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ISBN:	9781612515373 1612515371
Notes:	Print version record.
Summary:	Insights into important events of the twentieth century are provided in this memoir by a former secretary of the Navy and participant in many of the events he describes. The Great Depression of the 1930s, World War II, the Cold War, the Korean War, and Vietnam are recalled from the author''s perspectives, first as a teenager in the 1930s, then as a naval officer in the 1940s, a defense department consultant in the 1950s, and a Pentagon official for eight years in the 1960s. There are new details on Robert McNamara''s managerial innovations, the growth of the Army under President Kennedy, and t.
Other form:	Print version: Ignatius, Paul. On Board : My Life in the Navy, Government, Business. New York : Naval Institute Press, ©2014 9781591143819

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