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Article: The Joint Chiefs of Staff and the First Indochina War, 1947-1959.(Book review)
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- Air Power History
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- September 22, 2007
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2007 Air Force Historical Foundation. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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The Joint Chiefs of Staff and the First Indochina War, 1947-1959. By the Office of Joint History, JCS. Washington, D.C.: Office of Joint History, 2004. Maps. Photographs. Notes. Appendices. Glossary Index. Pp. xi, 285. ISBN: 0-16-072430-9
That the JCS has its own history office and publication program (as do the four service components of that staff) is an indication that, after 63 years, it is here to stay! This may not have seemed certain when it was established on January 23, 1942. It was an expedient at that time to match the British Chiefs of Staff Committee and to form the Combined Chiefs of Staff. Up to that time, the Joint Board (JB, aka Joint Army and ...
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Encyclopedia entry: Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) committee
The Oxford Companion to World War II;
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...Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) committee, principal US inter-service body ... Grand Alliance . Bibliography Hayes, G. P. , The History of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in World War II: The War Against Japan (Annapolis, Md., 1982).
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