Index
Index
Acheson, Dean, 106, 287
Air defense. See Strategic defense programs.
Air Force, U.S. Department of the. See Joint Chiefs of Staff; Limited war capability; Military budget.
Airlift/sealift capability, 10, 21, 192-193
Defense Department recommendations, 39, 170-173, 424
JCS discussions, 12, 452, 453n
Amory, Robert, Jr., 345-348
Anderson, Adm. George W., Jr., 234, 446-449, 453, 491
ANZUS Pact, 246, 282
Arms control, 9, 462, 483, 542
Basic national security policy review, 245, 304-305, 325-328
Army, U.S. Department of the. See Joint Chiefs of Staff; Limited war capability; Military budget.
Atlantic Community, 223, 264-265
Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), 22
B-52 bomber force. See Strategic defense programs; Strategic retaliatory forces.
B-70 bomber force. See Strategic defense programs; Strategic retaliatory forces.
Ball, George W., 330-331, 479
Ballistic missile defense (see also Strategic defense programs), 3-4, 66, 220, 227, 350n, 351
Defense-Budget memorandum, 61-63
Defense Department recommendations, 41, 153-155, 164, 392-397, 416, 430, 527-531
JCS discussions, 27-28, 233, 448, 450, 453, 589
JCS position, 395-396
State Department position, 190, 417-422
Taylor position, 214-215
Basic national security policy review (BNSP), 119, 124-125, 243-247, 281-282, 304-305, 329-330, 489-490
Bundy position, 18-19, 33, 67-68, 263
Camp David meeting, 243, 250-253
Defense Department position, 82, 120-122, 264-265
JCS position, 105n, 121-122, 260-262, 266-267, 330, 436-438, 480-484, 489, 490n
Kaysen position, 102-105, 268-271
Kennan position, 285-294
Nitze position, 303
Policy Planning Council drafts, 222-224, 309-328
Publicity, 331-332
State Department position, 113-114, 121, 533
Stevenson position, 257-259
Taylor position, 272-274, 283-285
Belk, Samuel, 107
Bell, David E., 25, 225n, 430, 479
Counterinsurgency capability, 231n, 249n, 454
Military budget, 21, 56-65, 188, 219n, 227n, 233, 415
Berle, Adolf A., Jr., 32, 106
Berlin crisis, 10, 53-54, 121, 126-129, 458n
Military budget and, 166, 169, 195n, 212, 220
NSC discussions, 78, 242
Bissell, Richard M., Jr., 229
Blouin, Rear Adm. F. J., 181n
Bohlen, Charles E., 349n, 350n, 355
Bowles, Chester, 34, 197
Brazil, 20
Brown, Harold, 219n, 415
Bruce, David K. E., 1
Budget, U.S. Bureau of the, 56-65, 231n, 534-537
Bundy, McGeorge, 1, 81n, 181n, 457n, 462n, 463-464, 488
Ballistic missile defense, 66, 214n
Basic national security policy review, 18-19, 33, 67-68, 121, 243, 263, 329-330
Counterinsurgency capability, 19, 66, 216, 231-232, 248, 381
NSC Special Groups, 229-230, 454
Paramilitary operations, 111-112, 305-307
General war strategy, 499, 499n, 502, 505
Johnson NSC speech, 540-543
Military budget, 65-68, 188, 209n, 219n, 383, 415
Budget Department position, 534, 535n, 537n
National security policy planning structure, 15n, 16, 23-24, 55, 106-107, 109n
NSC organization, 23, 385-387, 478-480
State Department role, 197, 463, 537-540
Soviet military capability, 436, 468, 469n
Strategic retaliatory forces, 15, 499n, 535n
Burke, Adm. Arleigh A., 11-13, 27, 30, 51, 53-54
Burma, 354
Cambodia, 354
Cameroon, 354
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 13, 19, 108, 229, 381n, 383
Central Treaty Organization (CENTO), 246, 282
Chapla, Col. Benjamin C., 15
Chemical/biological weapons, 325
China, People's Republic of, 20, 27, 247, 282, 483, 509, 569-570
Nuclear capability, 8, 274, 492-494
Civil and Defense Mobilization, Office of (OCDM), 22
Civil defense measures (see also Strategic defense programs), 124, 220, 316-317, 377-378, 536
Defense Department recommendations, 38, 41, 164, 431
State Department position, 25, 190-191
Cleveland, Harlan, 252
Clifton, Maj. Gen. Chester V., 11, 15n, 27n, 31n, 48n, 123n, 130n, 235n
Counterinsurgency capability, 29n, 253, 485
Limited war capability, 81n
Military budget, 446, 587n
National security policy planning structure, 106-107
Coast Guard, 13
Coffin, Frank, 249n, 345-348
Colombia, 354
Congo, 30
Congress, U.S.:
Basic national security policy review, 331
Berlin crisis, 123-124
Jackson Subcommittee, 32
Senate Armed Services Committee, 123-124
Connally, John, 21n, 79-80
Contingency Freedom Fund, 78-79
Conventional forces. See Limited war capability.
Counterinsurgency capability:
Army Special Forces, 484-485, 491-492
Basic national security policy review, 244-245, 265, 304, 321-322
Bundy position, 19, 66, 248
Civic action, 231-232, 256, 354-355, 466
Defense Department recommendations, 39, 42-43
JCS discussions, 29, 49-53, 491-492
Kennedy position, 235-236, 240-241
NSC discussions, 22, 78, 240-241
NSC Special Group (5412), 229-230
NSC Special Group (Counterinsurgency), 230, 236-238, 253-257, 307, 352-355, 382, 454-455, 464-467, 494-497
Paramilitary operations, 111-113, 235, 305-307, 353-354, 466
Police assistance programs, 248-250, 255, 345-348, 354, 467
Progress report, 352-355
State Department position, 26-27, 192
State Department review, 216
Taylor appointment, 78
"U.S. Overseas Internal Defense Policy" paper, 381-383
Cuba, 107, 440
JCS discussions, 30, 48, 50-53, 452-453
NSC discussions, 241-242, 458, 478n, 480n
Davis, Thomas W., Jr., 454, 464n
De Gaulle, Charles, 449, 458-459, 500, 506
Decker, Gen. George H., 11-13, 27, 30, 123, 233, 235n
Counterinsurgency capability, 29n, 49-51, 53
Limited war capability, 12, 81n, 426n
Defense, U.S. Department of (see also Defense Department headings under other subjects; McNamara, Robert S.; Military budget), 69-71, 231n, 383
Deterrence, 5-6, 25, 239, 279-281
Basic national security policy review, 244-245, 303
Defense Department recommendations, 37, 70, 402
Soviet strategies, 360-362
Dillon, C. Douglas, 20, 386, 457n, 478-479, 499, 502, 544
Dirksen, Everett, 32
Disarmament. See Arms control.
Draper Report, 252
Dulles, Allen W., 20, 69
Counterinsurgency capability, 111n, 112, 231n, 236, 305, 381
Dungan, Ralph A., 106-107
Dynosoar. See Strategic defense programs; Strategic retaliatory forces.
Eastern Europe, 247, 282
Ecuador, 50-51, 354
Educational exchange program, 22
Edwards, William, 331
Egypt, 456-457
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 10-11, 252n, 385-387, 469
Ellsberg, Daniel, 82
Emrick, Maj. Gen. Paul S., 295
Enthoven, Alain, 125, 300n, 308
European integration, 264-265, 287-288, 459
Evans, Allan, 250n, 253
Ewell, Col. Julian J., 197, 229-230, 300n, 329-330
Military budget, 178n, 220-221, 227n, 234n
Executive branch reorganization, 22, 105-109
Export-Import Bank, Brazil, 20
Feldman, Myer, 106
Felt, Adm. Harry D., 53
First-strike capability (see also General war strategy; Strategic retaliatory forces), 244, 387-389, 403-405, 436, 482, 543-544
Ford, John, 330
Forrestal, Michael V., 386, 485
Fowler, Henry H., 249n, 480n
France, 8, 449, 458-459, 500, 506
Gallois, Gen. Pierre, 506
Garthoff, Raymond L., 349n
Gates, Thomas S., Jr., 10-12, 24
General nuclear war, unintentional (see also General war strategy; Nuclear weapons policy), 4-5, 8-9, 18, 37-38, 258-259, 402, 526
General purpose forces. See Limited war capability.
General war strategy (see also Deterrence; General nuclear war, unintentional; Strategic retaliatory forces):
Basic national security policy review, 119, 121, 244, 284, 304
Defense Department position, 82, 119, 121
JCS discussions, 130
JCS position, 74-78, 181-187
McNamara speech before North Atlantic Council, 275-278
Net Evaluation Subcommittee Report, 499-507
Response strategy, 69, 74-78, 82, 103, 277
Single Integrated Operational Plan, 82, 125-129, 181-187, 308-309, 491
Strategic retaliatory forces and, 549-550, 553-564
Germany, Federal Republic of, 459-460
Gilpatric, Roswell, 1, 71-72, 80, 454, 480n
Basic national security policy review, 120, 267n
Military budget, 219n, 232-234, 415-416, 446, 587n
Gold drain, 11, 13, 30
Good, Robert C., 250
Goodpaster, Gen. Andrew J., 11n, 467n, 480-481
Goodwin, Richard N., 106
Gordon, Kermit, 457n, 535n, 587n, 591
Great Britain. See United Kingdom.
Guatemala, 354
Guerrilla capability. See Counterinsurgency capability.
Hamilton, Fowler, 249
Hansen, Kenneth R., 538-539
Harkins, Gen. Paul D., 233, 255-256
Harriman, W. Averell, 478-479, 494
Heintges, Maj. Gen. John A., 53, 309
Herter, Christian A., 24
Hickey Report, 196
Hilsman, Roger, Jr., 92n, 95-98, 250-253, 349n, 350n
Hitch, Charles J., 196n, 415
Holtoner, Gen., 349n
Hoskot, Col., 235n
Hound Dog program. See Strategic retaliatory forces.
Howze, Lt. Gen. Hamilton H., 295, 423n
Hughes, Thomas L., 250n, 253n
India, 456-457, 460
Indonesia, 241, 456-457
Ingelido, Brig. Gen. M. J., 587n
Intelligence, 54, 69, 108, 130-131
Interagency Committee on Police Assistance Programs, 345-348
Intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). See Military budget; Strategic retaliatory forces.
Iran, 49, 53, 354, 576-577
Israel, 8
Jackson, Henry M., 32n, 109n
Japan, 28, 246
Johnson, Charles, 107
Johnson, Gen. Leon, 499-507
Johnson, Lyndon B., 106, 436, 540-544, 587-596
Military budget, 232, 545, 565
Johnson, Robert H., 107
Johnson, U. Alexis, 352n, 381n, 386, 462, 494n
Basic national security policy review, 121, 330, 436-437
Counterinsurgency capability, 345-348, 454, 464-467, 485
Military budget, 219-221
NSC Standing Group, 479, 480n
Soviet military capability, 349-351, 355
Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) (see also JCS headings under other subjects), 31, 70, 109-110, 121
Meetings, 11-14, 27-30, 48-54, 123-125, 130-131, 232-234, 446-453, 491-492, 587-596
Single Integrated Operational Plan, 125-129, 181-187, 308-309, 491
Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan (JSCP), 76, 82
Joint Strategic Survey Council, 122
Kaysen, Carl, 107, 300n, 386, 457n, 463
Basic national security policy review, 82, 102-105, 119, 268-271, 329-330
Military budget, 209-212, 219n, 383-385
Strategic retaliatory forces, 103-104, 209-211, 225-228, 384, 429n, 535n
Keeny, Spurgeon, 499n, 534-537
Kennan, George F., 285-294
Kennedy, John F., 35, 456
Assassination, 534n
Ballistic missile defense, 153, 214, 392, 448, 450, 453
Basic national security policy review, 18, 124-125, 243, 330-332
Berlin crisis, 53-54, 123-124, 126, 129n, 242
Counterinsurgency capability, 22, 231-232, 235-236, 240-241, 352, 381
Army Special Forces, 484-485, 491-492
JCS discussions, 29, 49-53
NSC Special Group (Counterinsurgency), 236-238, 253, 307n, 464
Paramilitary operations, 111, 305
Police assistance programs, 249-250, 345
Cuba, 48, 50-52, 241-242, 452-453, 458
Eisenhower meeting, 10-11
General war strategy, 126, 499-507
JCS meetings, 11-14, 27-31, 123-125, 130-131, 232-234
Limited war capability, 79, 209, 217, 221, 423
Military budget, 56, 158, 219n, 221, 227n, 428
JCS discussions, 28-29, 232-234, 446-453
National security policy planning structure, 15n, 31-32, 109-110, 385, 478
Executive branch reorganization, 22, 105
NSC meetings, 20-23, 238-242, 457-462
Soviet military capability, 28, 152, 156, 299, 436, 469n
Interdepartmental Committee Report, 343-344, 355
Soviet strategies, 379
Strategic defense programs, 178, 526
Strategic retaliatory forces, 126, 138, 209, 225, 398, 498-499
U.S. military aid, 233, 240
Vietnam, 29-30, 49-50, 241
Kennedy, Robert F., 478-479, 499n
Counterinsurgency capability, 231n, 236, 249n, 305, 381, 454-455
Kent, Sherman, 349n, 355
Khrushchev, Nikita S., 84, 86-88, 199, 202-203, 240, 471, 510
Kistiakowsky, George, 19
Kitchen, Jeffrey, 121, 350n, 494n
Kohler, Foy D., 349n, 350n
Komer, Robert W., 456-457, 488-489
Counterinsurgency capability, 231n, 248n, 345-348
National security policy planning structure, 107, 229, 386, 463
Korean war, 7-8, 114, 578-580
Lansdale, Gen. Edward G., 229
Laos, 18, 241, 354, 578
JCS discussions, 12, 29, 49, 54
Latin America (see also Counterinsurgency capability; Cuba; Nonaligned countries), 48, 50-51
Legere, Col. Lawrence J., 300n, 386, 436, 463-464
LeMay, Gen. Curtis E., 123-124, 130, 491-492
Military budget, 446, 449-451, 590-595
Lemnitzer, Gen. Lyman L., 11-14, 27-28, 31, 123, 129n, 130, 233
Basic national security policy review, 19, 124, 260-262
Counterinsurgency capability, 29, 50-53, 230, 236, 307n, 381
Cuba, 48, 51
General war strategy, 74-78, 125, 308-309
Military budget, 28, 219n, 233
Soviet military capability, 152-153
Soviet strategies, 349n, 355-358
Strategic retaliatory forces, 195-197
Tactical nuclear capability/strategy, 72-74, 294
Limited war capability (see also Airlift/sealift capability; Counterinsurgency capability; Limited war strategy; Tactical nuclear capability/strategy):
Basic national security policy review, 120-121, 244-245, 265, 272-273, 282-283, 317-319, 482-483
Defense Department recommendations, 42-44, 79-81, 120, 122, 164-170, 265, 423-427, 565-587
Dual capability forces, 272, 282
General Purpose Forces Study, 294-295, 299
Hyannis Port discussions, 219-221
JCS discussions, 12, 448-450
JCS position, 121, 482-483
Kaysen position, 104, 209-212, 384-385
Kennedy-Eisenhower meeting, 10-11
McNamara speeches before the North Atlantic Council, 279-281, 440-441, 444-445
National Intelligence Estimates, 7
State Department position, 25-26, 114, 191-192, 417
Taylor position, 217-219, 273, 283
WSEG report, 14-15
Limited war strategy (see also Limited war capability; Tactical nuclear capability/strategy) , 7-8, 26-27, 200-201, 319, 441-442
Lippmann, Walter S., 542
Local war. See Limited war capability; Limited war strategy.
Logistic guidance, 169-170
Macmillan, Harold, 449
Maechling, Charles W., Jr., 464n, 494-497
Malaya, 53
Marshall, Burton, 81
McCloy, John J., 32, 106, 386-387
McCone, John A., 248, 249n, 355-358, 457n, 478, 480n
General war strategy, 499n, 502, 505
Soviet military capability, 343-344, 543, 544n
McDonald, Adm., 590
McGhee, George C., 24n, 34, 113n, 222n, 252, 386
McGovern, George, 106
McHugh, Gen., 491
McNamara, Robert S., 10-11, 31, 72, 436, 457n
Ballistic missile defense, 41, 153-155, 164, 351, 392-397, 416, 448
Basic national security policy review, 121, 264, 267n, 303, 329, 489-490
Bundy proposal, 18-19
JCS position, 260, 436
State Department position, 113
Counterinsurgency capability, 112, 235-236, 249n, 305, 381, 484
General war strategy, 74, 76, 499n, 500-501, 503-506
Single Integrated Operational Plan, 125, 308-309
Limited war capability, 79-81, 164-170, 219, 221, 423-427, 448, 450, 565-587
Military budget, 21, 219n, 383-384, 415
Defense-Budget memorandum, 56-65
Defense Department recommendations, 158-177, 428-431
JCS discussions, 54, 233-234, 446, 448, 450, 452-453, 587-588, 590-591, 593-595
National security policy, 24, 35-48, 69
North Atlantic Council speeches, 275-281, 439-445
Soviet military capability, 32, 344, 468n, 469, 543-544
Soviet strategies, 350, 355-358
Strategic defense programs, 39-42, 162-164, 178-181, 526-533
Strategic retaliatory forces, 14, 195, 225, 390, 534, 535n
Defense Department recommendations, 44-45, 138-152, 161-162, 398-416, 429-430, 498-499, 545-564
McQuade, Lawrence, 469n
Middle East, 576-577
Military budget (see also National security policy; Strategic retaliatory forces; specific topics), 21, 36
Budget Bureau position, 534-537
Bundy position, 65-68
Defense-Budget memorandum, 56-65
Defense Department recommendations, 158-177, 415-416, 428-431, 564
Hyannis Port discussions, 219-221
JCS discussions, 28-29, 54, 232-234, 446-453, 587-596
Kaysen position, 383-385
State Department position, 188-194, 416-417
Taylor position, 217-219
Millikan, Max, 252
Minuteman program. See Strategic retaliatory forces.
Murrow, Edward R., 20, 32, 236, 305, 381, 478-479
National Intelligence Estimates:
NIE 11-4-60, 47n
NIE 1-61, "Estimate of the World Situation," 3-10
NIE 11-61, "Probable Intelligence Warning of Soviet Attack on the U.S.," 69
NIE 11-3-61, "Sino-Soviet Air Defense Capabilities Through Mid-1966," 115-118
NIE 11-5-61, "Soviet Technical Capabilities in Guided Missiles and Space Vehicles," 84-85
NIE 11-8-61, Annex C, "The Soviet ICBM Program-Evidence and Analysis," 83-101
NIE 11-8/1-61, "Strength and Deployment of Soviet Long Range Ballistic Missile Forces," 131-138
NIE 11-2A-62, "The Soviet Atomic Energy Program," 301-302
NIE 11-3-62, "Soviet Bloc Air and Missile Defense Capabilities Through Mid-1967," 118n
NIE 11-8-62, "Soviet Military Capabilities for Long Range Attack" (see also Interdepartmental Committee Report under Soviet strategies), 332-343
NIE 11-14-62, "Capabilities of the Soviet Theater Forces," 431-435
NIE 13-2-62, "Chinese Communist Advanced Weapons Capabilities," 274
NIE 11-4-63, "Soviet Military Capabilities and Policies, 1962-1967," 469-477, 568
NIE 11-8-63, "Soviet Military Capabilities for Strategic Attack," 513-525
NIE 11-9-63, "Soviet Military Capabilities and Intentions To Orbit Nuclear Weapons," 486-488
SNIE 11-14-61, "The Soviet Strategic Military Posture, 1961-1967," 198-209
SNIE 13-2-63, "Communist China's Advanced Weapons Program," 492-494
National Security Action Memoranda (NSAM):
Creation of, 23-24
No. 1, 22n
No. 2, 22n
No. 3, 20n
No. 5, 22n
No. 6, 22n
No. 55, 109-110
No. 56, 111, 235, 305
No. 57, 112-113
No. 114, 216
No. 118, 255
No. 119, 231-232, 256
No. 124, 236-238
No. 131, 254, 465
No. 132, 249-250
No. 162, 305-307
No. 182, 381
National Security Council (NSC):
Actions:
No. 2400, 33
No. 2407, 78-79
No. 2446, 242n
No. 2453, 343
No. 2460, 462n
Basic national security policy review, 19
Counter-Guerrilla Warfare Task Force, 229
Documents:
NSC 5412/2, "Covert Operations," 19
NSC 5906/1 (see also Basic national security policy review), 33, 71-73, 455
Johnson speech, 540-543
Meetings, 20-23, 33, 78-79, 238-242, 342-343, 457-462, 499-507, 540-544
Organization, 23, 108, 385-387, 478-480
Role of, 2, 55, 109n
Special Group (5412), 229-230
Special Group (Counterinsurgency), 230, 236-238, 253-257, 307, 352-355, 382, 454-455, 464-467, 494-497
Standing Group, 478-480
National security policy (see also Basic national security policy review; General war strategy; Limited war strategy; National security policy planning structure; Nuclear weapons policy; specific topics):
Defense Department position, 35-48, 69-71
Foreign policy considerations, 22, 24-27, 69-71
McNamara speeches before the North Atlantic Council, 275-281, 439-445
National Security Policy Committee, 1-2
National security policy planning structure (see also Special Group (Counterinsurgency) under National Security Council):
Bundy appointment as Special Assistant, 15n
Executive branch reorganization, 22, 105-109
Jackson Subcommittee, 32
JCS role, 109-110, 186-187
NSAM creation, 23-24
NSC organization, 23, 108, 385-387, 478-480
NSC role, 2, 55, 109n
NSC Special Group (5412), 229-230
OCB abolishment, 2, 15-17, 34, 106
State Department role, 31-32, 34, 107, 197, 462-463, 537-540
National Strategic Targeting and Attack Policy, 76
Navy, U.S. Department of the. See Joint Chiefs of Staff; Limited war capability; Military budget.
Neustadt, Richard E., 16n
Neutral countries. See Nonaligned countries.
Nike-X system (see also Ballistic missile defense), 393-395, 418, 420-421, 430, 527-529, 589
Nike-Zeus system (see also Ballistic missile defense), 214-215, 220, 227, 395, 416
Bundy position, 66, 214n
Defense-Budget memorandum, 61-63
Defense Department recommendations, 41, 153-155, 164, 392-395, 430, 527, 529
JCS discussions, 27, 233, 448, 450, 453
Soviet military capability and, 350n, 351
State Department position, 190, 418, 420-421
Nitze, Paul H., 1, 69-71, 349, 350n, 462, 469n
Basic national security policy review, 19, 251-252, 303, 329, 480, 481n
Cuba, 107
Soviet strategies, 351, 355
Nonaligned countries (see also Counterinsurgency capability; U.S. economic aid; U.S. military aid), 456-457, 460
Basic national security policy review, 258-259, 269-271, 289-291
Norstad, Gen. Lauris C., 300n, 439
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) (see also Limited war capability), 11, 124, 273-274, 380
Basic national security policy review, 245-246, 273-274, 287
McNamara speeches before the North Atlantic Council, 275-281, 439-445
Nuclear weapons policy, 124, 273, 278-279
U.S. policy, 26-27, 459-460, 483, 511
Defense Department position, 38, 70, 573-576
Nuclear capability (see also Nuclear weapons policy; Strategic retaliatory forces; Tactical nuclear capability/strategy), 38, 121, 276-277
Nuclear proliferation, 3, 7-8, 508
Nuclear weapons policy (see also Deterrence; General nuclear war, unintentional; General war strategy; Nuclear capability; Strategic retaliatory forces; Tactical nuclear capability/strategy), 27, 38, 463-464
Basic national security policy review, 244
Holifield Report, 49, 53
JCS discussions, 53, 123-124
Kennan position, 288-289
McNamara speech before the North Atlantic Council, 439-440
NATO use, 124, 273, 278-279
O'Donnell, Lawrence, 55n
Offshore Islands, 10
Operations Coordinating Board (OCB), 2, 15-17, 34, 106
Organization of American States (OAS), 241
Overseas bases, 43, 323-324
Owen, Henry D., 194n, 230, 300n, 330
Pakistan, 460
Parrott, Thomas A., 248n, 249n, 253-257, 455
Payne, Fred A., 308
Polaris program. See Strategic retaliatory forces.
Power, Gen., 129n, 130
Prisoners of war, 12-13
Ramsey, Henry C., 229
Rayburn, Sam, 541
Research and development (see also specific topics), 193-194, 324, 483-484
Defense Department position, 173-177
Soviet activities, 202-203
Reserve forces (see also Military budget), 12, 173, 192, 323
Retaliatory capability. See General war strategy; Strategic retaliatory forces.
Riley, Herbert D., 260n, 309, 425n
ROAD, 81n
Rostow, Walt Whitman, 229, 253n, 488-489, 494n
Basic national security policy review, 222n, 243, 263, 281, 330, 489-490, 533
Kaysen position, 268
Kennan position, 285
Publicity, 331-332
Stevenson position, 257
Taylor position, 272, 283
National security policy planning structure, 106-107, 197, 463, 537-540
Strategic situation, 507-513
Rovere, Richard, 468
Rowen, Henry S., 300n, 345-348
Basic national security policy review, 82, 102, 119, 264-267, 489
Rusk, Dean, 19, 33, 71, 507, 543
Ballistic missile defense, 417-422
Basic national security policy review, 243, 329, 489, 490n, 533
Camp David meeting, 243, 252
Defense Department draft, 113-114, 120
Counterinsurgency capability, 19, 236, 241, 249n, 381, 484
Paramilitary operations, 111n, 112, 305
State Department review, 216
General war strategy, 499n, 502, 504-506
Military budget, 188-194, 219, 416-417
National security policy, 22, 24-27, 70
Planning structure, 23, 31-32, 34, 462-463, 478, 539n
Soviet strategies, 350, 355-358
Russell, Vice Adm., 123
Salinger, Pierre E. G., 16, 55
Saunders, Harold, 231n
Schaetzel, J. Robert, 298n
Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr., 106-107
Seaborg, Glenn, 499n
Sealift capability. See Airlift/sealift capability.
Shepard, Capt. Tazewell, Jr., 107, 308, 491
Shoup, Gen. David M., 11-13, 27, 52, 123, 141n, 234, 446, 491, 590
Single Integrated Operational Plan (SIOP), 82, 125-129, 181-187, 308-309, 491
Skybolt program. See Strategic retaliatory forces.
Smith, Gen., 232-234
Smith, Bromley, 15n, 107, 455, 479, 499-503
Smith, William Y., 188n, 194n, 283n, 297n, 301-302, 350n, 480n, 488, 499n, 513n, 537n
Sorensen, Theodore C., 1, 65, 68n, 106, 219n, 227n, 457n, 479, 499n
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO), 52-53, 246, 282
Soviet military capability (see also Intelligence; Soviet strategies), 28, 213
Ballistic missile defense and, 3-4, 395, 419-422
First-strike capability and, 403-404
Interdepartmental Committee Report, 344, 356-357, 361-363, 367-377, 379
JCS memoranda, 156-158
Military budget and, 145-146, 148-149, 163
Missile gap, 32, 67, 468-469
National Intelligence Estimates, 3-4, 6, 83-101, 115-118, 131-138, 301-302, 332-343, 431-435, 473-477, 486-488, 513-524
NSC discussions, 342-343, 543-544
Reaction time, 152-153
Soviet strategies and, 86-92, 200, 204-208, 341-342, 344, 356-358, 361-362, 524-525
Special National Intelligence Estimates, 199, 201-202, 204-205, 207
Strategic Air Command position, 436
Strategic retaliatory forces and, 4, 46-48, 156-158, 403-407, 550-553
Tactical nuclear weapons, 299-300
U.S. capability comparison, 46-48, 156-158, 568-573
Soviet strategies (see also Soviet military capability), 7-8, 240, 312
Interdepartmental Committee Report, 343-344, 349-351, 355-380
Kennan position, 286-287
National Intelligence Estimates, 6-10, 86-92, 341-342, 469-473, 524-525
Special National Intelligence Estimates, 198-209
Soviet Union (see also Soviet military capability; Soviet strategies), 509
Special National Intelligence Estimates.
See National Intelligence Estimates.
Staats, Elmer B., 415
Stahr, Elvis, 423n
Stevenson, Adlai E., 257-259
Stoertz, Howard, 343
Stoessel, Walter J., Jr., 31n, 34n
Strategic Air Command (SAC), 28, 123, 161-162, 436
Strategic defense programs (see also Ballistic missile defense; Military budget), 64-65, 220, 316-317, 536
Defense Department recommendations, 39-42, 162-164, 178-181, 526-533
JCS discussions, 451, 594-595
State Department position, 189-191
Strategic retaliatory forces (see also General war strategy; Military budget):
Basic national security policy review, 103-104, 244, 303, 313-316, 437, 482
Budget Bureau position, 534-536
Defense Department recommendations, 44-45, 103-104, 138-152, 161-162, 398-416, 429-430, 498-499, 545-564
General war strategy and, 75, 549-550, 553-564
Hyannis Port discussions, 220
JCS discussions, 233-234, 451, 590-593
JCS position, 75, 156-158, 195-197, 387-389, 437, 482
Kaysen position, 103-104, 209-211, 225-228, 384
McNamara speech before the North Atlantic Council, 442-444
National Security Policy Committee position, 1
Net Evaluation Subcommittee Report, 500-501
Soviet military capability and, 4, 46-48, 156-158, 403-407, 550-553
State Department position, 25, 188-189
Taylor position, 126-129, 390-392
WSEG Report, 14-15
Strategic situation (see also Soviet strategies; specific topics), 3-10, 507-513
Tactical nuclear capability/strategy, 2, 7, 299-300
Basic national security policy review, 272, 283-284, 319-321
Defense Department recommendations, 42, 70, 104, 580-584
JCS position, 70-74
McNamara speeches before the North Atlantic Council, 278-279, 444
McNamara study, 294-299
Taylor, Gen. Maxwell D., 109n, 110n, 111n, 130, 152n, 458n
Ballistic missile defense, 214-215, 430, 448
Basic national security policy review, 260n, 267n, 272-274, 283-285, 330, 436-438
Counterinsurgency capability, 78, 229-230, 231n, 381, 484, 491
NSC Special Group (Counter-insurgency), 236, 254, 454
Police assistance programs, 248, 249n
Progress reports, 352-355, 467n
General war strategy, 499-500, 502-506
Limited war capability, 571n
Military budget, 178n, 188, 217-219, 415
JCS discussions, 233, 446, 450, 453, 588-589, 594
National security policy planning structure, 478-479
Soviet military capability, 299-301
Soviet strategies, 349, 379-380
Strategic retaliatory forces, 126-129, 390-392
Thailand, 255, 354, 578
Thompson, Llewellyn E., 52, 479
Titan program. See Strategic retaliatory forces.
Underdeveloped countries. See Nonaligned countries.
United Kingdom, 245, 288, 389
United Nations, 9, 223, 246, 258, 291-292
U.S. economic aid, 19-20, 22-23, 33, 245, 460, 488-489
U.S. Information Agency (USIA), 22
U.S. military aid (see also Counter-insurgency capability), 48, 51, 233, 245, 488-489
Vance, Cyrus, 426
Venezuela, 354
Vietnam, 50, 241, 255, 542, 578
Basic national security policy review, 246-247
Counterinsurgency programs, 29-30, 49-50, 52-53, 254-256, 353-354
Weapons Systems Evaluation Group (WSEG), Report No. 50, "Evaluation of Strategic Offensive Weapons Systems," 14-15
Webb, James E., 544
Weiss, Seymour, 194n, 219-220
Wheeler, Gen. Earle G., 330, 446, 448-450, 491, 589-590, 595
White, Gen. Thomas D., 11, 13, 27, 51-52
Wiesner, Jerome B., 18-19, 22, 219n, 300n, 431, 457n
Strategic retaliatory forces, 429n, 499n
Yarmolinsky, Adam, 468-469
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