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- Assignment: Pentagon: How to Excel in a Bureaucracy, 4th Edition
- Book
- 2011
- Published by: University of Nebraska Press
summary
Since the first edition of Assignment: Pentagon was published in 1988, great changes have occurred in the international environment, the application of U.S. national security strategy, and the manner in which the Pentagon functions. Now in its fourth printing and with a coauthor to lend a different perspective, Assignment: Pentagon remains the best book for anyone who works for the Pentagon, or for any big bureaucracy for that matter. Eminently readable, Assignment: Pentagon is the essential guide for the newly assigned military person, fresh civilian, and interested outsider to the Pentagon’s informal set of arrangements, networks, and functions that operate in the service and joint service world. From the type of wristwatch one needs to how to succeed on the Joint Staff, the book delivers a wealth of practical advice and helpful hints about surviving the pressures and problems of working in “The Building.” If you’ve been assigned to the Pentagon or are starting work for any large company, you need Assignment: Pentagon.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. 1-6
- PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION
- pp. 9-14
- 1. INTRODUCTION
- pp. 15-18
- PART I
- 2. A VIEW OF THE BUILDING
- pp. 21-30
- 3. THE PENTAGON: REALITIES AND MYTHS
- pp. 31-40
- 4. PENTAGON TRUISMS
- pp. 41-58
- PART II
- 9. THE SERVICES
- pp. 123-130
- 10. THE JOINT STAFF
- pp. 131-142
- 11. THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
- pp. 143-154
- 12. THE INTERAGENCY ARENA
- pp. 155-160
- 13. WORKING WITH DEFENSE CONTRACTORS
- pp. 161-166
- 14. THE PENTAGON’S CONSTITUENTS
- pp. 167-172
- PART III
- PART IV
- 20. DIFFICULT BOSSES
- pp. 223-228
- 21. MILITARY ETHICSIN THE PENTAGON
- pp. 229-234
- 22. THE HEARTBREAK OFHOUSE HUNTING
- pp. 235-240
- 24. CONCLUSIONS:BACK TO THE FUTURE
- pp. 245-254
- APPENDIX A
- pp. 255-260
- APPENDIX B
- pp. 261-262
- APPENDIX C
- pp. 263-264
- APPENDIX D
- pp. 265-274
- APPENDIX E
- pp. 275-276
- ABOUT THE AUTHORS
- pp. 285-288
Additional Information
ISBN
9781612343570
Related ISBN(s)
9781597970969
MARC Record
OCLC
755587385
Pages
288
Launched on MUSE
2016-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No