The history of the Unified Command Plan 1946-1993
- Washington, D.C.: Joint History Office, 1995
- 157p.
Traces fifty years of development of unified command of the U.S. armed forces, including its origins in the Second World War; command arrangements for the Vietnam War; the control of strategic nuclear forces; STRATCOM, TRANSCOM and USACOM. UCP's provisions demonstrate a gradual move away from protection of traditional Service prerogatives towards more unity of effort.
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ARMED FORCES COMMAND HISTORY JOINT OPERATIONS MILITARY PERSONNEL STRATEGY UNITED STATES