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Navy and Marine Corps Opposition to the Goldwater Nichols Act of 1986

Wills, Steven T.
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8044-4450
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1338389106

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2012, Master of Arts (MA), Ohio University, History (Arts and Sciences).
The Goldwater Nichols Act of 1986 was the most comprehensive defense reorganization legislation in a generation. It has governed the way the United States has organized, planned, and conducted military operations for the last twenty five years. It passed the Senate and House of Representatives with margins of victory reserved for birthday and holiday resolutions. It is praised throughout the U.S. defense establishment as a universal good. Despite this, it engendered a strong opposition movement organized primarily by Navy Secretary John F. Lehman but also included members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, prominent Senators and Congressman, and President Reagan's Secretary of Defense Casper Weinberger. This essay will examine the forty year background of defense reform movements leading to the Goldwater Nichols Act, the fight from 1982 to 1986 by supporters and opponents of the proposed legislation and its twenty-five year legacy that may not be as positive as the claims made by the Department of Defense suggest.
Ingo Traushweizer (Committee Chair)
John Brobst (Committee Member)
Paul Milazzo (Committee Member)
124 p.
Armed Forces; History; Military History; Military Studies; Modern History
Goldwater Nichols Act; defense reorganization; defense reform; national security organization; Senate Armed Services Committee; defense legislation

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  • Wills, S. T. (2012). Navy and Marine Corps Opposition to the Goldwater Nichols Act of 1986 [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1338389106

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Wills, Steven. Navy and Marine Corps Opposition to the Goldwater Nichols Act of 1986. 2012. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1338389106.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Wills, Steven. "Navy and Marine Corps Opposition to the Goldwater Nichols Act of 1986." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1338389106

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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