"This survey was made upon request of ODCOPS and completed in less than four weeks...It is an introduction to an extremely complicated subject -- one that is inextricably entangled with the larger questions of foreign policy, military policy, budget, and other matters of national consequence. A more detailed study embracing these complex subjects would require searching, assembling, and mastering the voluminous records produced on many levels over a twenty year period." -- Prefatory Note.

Demobilization and Decline, 1945-50 -- The Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Massive Retaliation, 1954-1961 -- The Re-Emergence of Limited War, 1961-1964 -- General Observations -- Tables.