Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Transliteration -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 - Wartime Organizational Changes in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations -- OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS -- COMMANDER IN CHIEF, UNITED STATES FLEET -- COMINCH-DECEMBER 1941-MARCH 1942 -- THE COMBINING OF THE POSITIONS OF COMINCH AND CNO -- POLITICAL INFIGHTING OVER DEPARTMENTAL REORGANIZATION-1943 - 1944 -- ESTABLISHING THE POSTWAR POSITION OF CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS -- THE SELECTION OF FLEET ADMIRAL NIMITZ AS CNO -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 2 - Initial Challenges: Postwar and Demobilization Planning -- INITIAL NAVY FORAYS INTO POSTWAR PLANNING -- THE SPECIAL PLANNING SECTION -- ADMIRAL HORNE ASSUMES CONTROL OF THE PROCESS -- THE COMINCH STAFF ENTERS THE POSTWAR PLANNING ARENA -- ADMIRAL EDWARDS TAKES ON OVERSIGHT OF POSTWAR PLANNING -- THE COMPLETION OF POSTWAR PLAN NO. 1 -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 3 - The Navy and Unification -- THE ONSET OF WAR -- THE GENERAL BOARD'S 1941 PROPOSAL FOR A JOINT GENERAL STAFF -- THE ARMY COMES OUT FOR UNIFICATION -- THE WOODRUM COMMITTEE HEARINGS -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 4 - The National Security Act Achieved -- THE JCS SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON DEFENSE REORGANIZATION -- GEARING UP FOR THE LONG HAUL -- THE NATIONAL SECURITY ACT OF 1947 -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 5 - Preparing for a New Enemy -- CRACKS IN THE WARTIME ALLIANCE -- MILITARY ASSESSMENTS OF THE SOVIET UNION IN 1945 AND 1946 -- JOINT AND SERVICE WAR PLANNING, 1945-1947 -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 6 - War Ends in the Pacific -- EVENTS IN CHINA ON THE EVE OF JAPAN'S SURRENDER -- BARGAINING OVER SURRENDER -- U.S. NAVY ACTIONS IN CHINESE AND KOREAN WATERS -- LANDING THE III AMPHIBIOUS CORPS IN NORTH CHINA -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 7 - Troubles Emerge in Postwar China, 1945-1946.

TRANSPORTING THE CHINESE NATIONALIST ARMIES, OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 1945 -- THE MARSHALL MISSION -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 8 - Assessing and Responding to the Soviet Naval Threat -- RECONSTITUTING U . S . FLEETS FOR FORWARD PRESENCE MISSIONS -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 9 - Adjusting to the National Military Establishment -- THE RENEWED FIGHT OVER SERVICE ROLES AND MISSIONS -- NAVY CONCERNS ABOUT THE STRATEGIC AIR OFFENSIVE -- AIR FORCE VIEWS ON CARRIER AVIATION -- THE KEY WEST AND NEWPORT CONFERENCES -- THE BERLIN BLOCKADE -- WAR PLANNING DURING 1948 -- DEFINING NATIONAL POLICY ON THE SOVIET UNION-NSC 20/4 -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 10 - Living in "Interesting Times" -- AMENDING THE NATIONAL SECURITY ACT -- JAMES FORRESTAL'S RESIGNATION -- LOUIS JOHNSON BECOMES DEFENSE SECRETARY -- CHANGES IN THE B-36 PROGRAM -- CREATING THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION -- THE CANCELLATION OF THE USS UNITED STATES -- JOHN SULLIVAN RESIGNS -- THE NAVY'S TROUBLES MOUNT -- A NEW SECRETARY OF THE NAVY -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 11 - Slugging It Out on Capitol Hill -- THE CALL FOR CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS ON THE B-36 PROGRAM -- THE FIGHT OVER THE FY 1951 BUDGET -- THE B-36 HEARINGS -- PREPARING FOR THE NAVY'S TURN -- THE SOVIET TEST OF AN ATOMIC BOMB -- THE UNIFICATION AND STRATEGY HEARINGS -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 12 - Events in the Western Pacific -- FROM NAVAL FORCES WESTERN PACIFIC TO SEVENTH TASK FLEET -- THE PACIFIC ON THE EVE OF WAR -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 13 - Troubles on the Korean Peninsula -- THE PARTITION OF KOREA ACQUIRES PERMANENCE -- THE WITHDRAWAL OF AMERICAN FORCES -- NORTH KOREA'S PREPARATIONS FOR WAR -- THE NORTH KOREAN ATTACK -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 14 - Deciding to Fight -- THE U.S. GOVERNMENT'S DECISION TO RESPOND -- BUILDING UP FOR THE FIGHT -- OPNAV'S ROLE IN THE EARLY STAGES OF THE WAR -- CONCLUSION.

CHAPTER 15 - Defending NATO Europe: Planning During the Initial Stages -- THE START OF NATO MILITARY PLANNING -- NATO'S INITIAL NAVAL DIMENSION -- ESTABLISHING A NATO MILITARY COMMAND STRUCTURE -- THE ANGLO-AMERICAN STRUGGLE OVER NATO COMMAND IN THE ATLANTIC -- THE UNEXPECTED DEATH OF FORREST SHERMAN -- WILLIAM FECHTELER BECOMES CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS -- SACLANT IS FINALLY ESTABLISHED -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 16 - The Eisenhower National Security Structure -- EISENHOWER'S NEW FRAMEWORK -- CHANGES TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL -- CHANGES IN THE WHITE HOUSE STAFF: THE CREATION OF THE STAFF SECRETARY -- REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 6 -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 17 - Rethinking National Strategy -- PROJECT SOLARIUM -- DRAFTING NSC 162/2 -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 18 - Coping with the New Look -- THE EISENHOWER CHIEFS -- CONCEPTUALIZING EISENHOWER'S VISION: "THE NEW LOOK" AND "MASSIVE RETALIATION" -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 19 - A Crisis Abroad and a CNO's Departure -- CRISIS ABROAD-DIEN BIEN PHU -- ADMIRAL CARNEY IS NOT REAPPOINTED AS CNO -- CONCLUSION -- Conclusion -- Reference Matter -- Bibliography -- Index.