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Assignment--Pentagon : the insider's guide to the Potomac puzzle palace

Title: Assignment--Pentagon : the insider's guide to the Potomac puzzle palace / Perry M. Smith ; foreword by Harold Brown.
Author: Smith, Perry M. (Perry McCoy)
Publication: Washington : Brassey's (US), [1993], ©1993.

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Request for On-site Use Request Scan How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	Text	Request in advance	UA26.A745 S55 1993	Off-site

Description

xiv, 272 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm.

Series Statement

AN AUSA book

Uniform Title

AUSA Institute of Land Warfare book.

Subjects

Bibliography (note)

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. The Pentagon: Realities and Myths -- 3. Rules of Thumb: Helpful Hints on How to Get Ready to Work, Survive, and Thrive -- 4. Pentagon Truisms -- 5. The Strange Language of the Puzzle Palace -- 6. Where Were You When the Page Was Blank?: The Agony and the Ecstasy of the Action Officer -- 7. The Branch and Division Chiefs: A Forgotten Breed -- 8. Flag Officers, Senior Civilians, and Political Appointees: The Need for Leadership -- 9. Difficult Bosses -- 10. Operating in the Tank: A View from the Inner Sanctum -- 11. The Joint Staff -- 12. The Office of the Secretary of Defense -- 13. The Complex Pattern of Rivalry and Competition -- 14. The Planning, Programming, and Budgeting System -- 15. Working with Defense Contractors -- 16. Some of the Fudge Factory's Deficiencies -- 17. Some Pentagon Freebies and Pleasures to Investigate -- 18. Interviewing -- 19. How to Give and Receive Briefings in the Pentagon -- 20. Phrases to Avoid.
21. A Scholar's View of the Pentagon -- 22. Military Ethics in the Pentagon -- 23. Future Shock: Pentagon Changes Through the Year 2000 -- App. A. Annotated Bibliography -- App. B. Sample Welcome Letter -- App. C. Transition into the Pentagon Checklist -- App. D. Interview Checklist: Some Questions to Expect -- App. E. The Heartbreak of House Hunting -- App. F. Family, Cultural, Academic, and Job Opportunities -- App. G. Glossary -- App. H. Maps.

ISBN

LCCN

92041824

OCLC

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries