Oral history transcript, David E. McGiffert, interview 2 (II), 5/15/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
Title:
Oral history transcript, David E. McGiffert, interview 2 (II), 5/15/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
Number of Pages:
17
Description:
Decision-making regarding troops in Vietnam in 1968 and the deployment of reserve units; the perceived shift from seeking a military solution to a political solution in Vietnam in the late 1960s; an assessment of the U.S. Army in 1969; manpower issues relating to an all-volunteer army; the ratio of officers to enlisted men; managerial re-organization in the Defense Department under Robert McNamara; McNamara's systems analysis office and a comparable army office; the value of a service secretary to the secretary of defense; comparing Robert McNamara and Clark Clifford as secretaries of defense.
