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נפוליאון, אייזנהאואר, משה דיין ואריאל שרון – מה יש לגנרלים שמאפשר להם להוביל אלפי לוחמים אל המערכה? האם אלה כריזמה שופעת, אומץ-לב ויכולות תכנון אסטרטגיות יוצאות דופן, או אולי משהו אחר? ומה בין אלה לבין ניהול של ארגוני ענק אחרים? האתגר הגדול של גנרל, בדומה למנהלים בכירים, איננו השפעה על חייליו, אלא דווקא השפעה על קצינים בכירים אחרים, עמיתים או כפיפים, עתירי ניסיון ומוכשרים כשלעצמם, שיודעים שהוא אדם כמוהם ושציותם איננו מובן מאליו. אלופים בניהול עוקב אחר התהליך שבו אלוף אחד מניע ארגון ענק של אלפי בני אדם, בתנאים יוצאי-דופן ולעתים תוך סכנת חיים, באמצעות הפיכתו לאגדה, לעל-אנושי. צלילה אל עבודת היום-יום של האלוף והאינטראקציות שבינו לבין הקצינים עמם הוא עובד חושפת כיצד מגעים אלה מתֻווכים באמצעות מנגנון רב עוצמה המשרת את סדר היום שלו. הספר מציע תשובות לשאלות מעניינות נוספות: כיצד לשכות נאמנות מייצרות את מעמדם של מנהלים בכירים? למה מושקע רוב זמנם בדיונים ארוכים (ומשמימים)? מדוע הם לעולם אינם בטוחים שהנחיותיהם מתקיימות? הספר אלופים בניהול אינו רק סיפורם של מפקדי הצבא, אלא גם של מנהלים רבים בארגוני ענק, המרכזים בידם כוח רב. לפיכך ספר זה הוא בעל ערך עבור כל מנהל או חבר בצוות הנהלה של ארגון גדול, כל מי שמייעץ לארגונים שכאלה, כל מי שתהה אי-פעם באשר לסוד כוחם של אלה שמנהיגים אלפי אנשים יום-יום. נפוליאון, אייזנהאואר, משה דיין ואריאל שרון – מה יש לגנרלים שמאפשר להם להוביל אלפי לוחמים אל המערכה? האם אלה כריזמה שופעת, אומץ-לב ויכולות תכנון אסטרטגיות יוצאות דופן, או אולי משהו אחר? ומה בין אלה לבין ניהול של ארגוני ענק אחרים? האתגר הגדול של גנרל, בדומה למנהלים בכירים, איננו השפעה על חייליו, אלא דווקא השפעה על קצינים בכירים אחרים, עמיתים או כפיפים, עתירי ניסיון ומוכשרים כשלעצמם, שיודעים שהוא אדם כמוהם ושציותם איננו מובן מאליו. אלופים בניהול עוקב אחר התהליך שבו אלוף אחד מניע ארגון ענק של אלפי בני אדם, בתנאים יוצאי-דופן ולעתים תוך סכנת חיים, באמצעות הפיכתו לאגדה, לעל-אנושי. צלילה אל עבודת היום-יום של האלוף והאינטראקציות שבינו לבין הקצינים עמם הוא עובד חושפת כיצד מגעים אלה מתֻווכים באמצעות מנגנון רב עוצמה המשרת את סדר היום שלו. הספר מציע תשובות לשאלות מעניינות נוספות: כיצד לשכות נאמנות מייצרות את מעמדם של מנהלים בכירים? למה מושקע רוב זמנם בדיונים ארוכים (ומשמימים)? מדוע הם לעולם אינם בטוחים שהנחיותיהם מתקיימות? הספר אלופים בניהול אינו רק סיפורם של מפקדי הצבא, אלא גם של מנהלים רבים בארגוני ענק, המרכזים בידם כוח רב. לפיכך ספר זה הוא בעל ערך עבור כל מנהל או חבר בצוות הנהלה של ארגון גדול, כל מי שמייעץ לארגונים שכאלה, כל מי שתהה אי-פעם באשר לסוד כוחם של אלה שמנהיגים אלפי אנשים יום-יום.

• A tactic of silence
• Same mud, same blood
• Defining the problem
• Leadership
• Education and training
• Culture and identity
• Off-post discrimination
• Military justice
• Affirmative actions

"By the Tet Offensive in early 1968, what had been widely heralded as the best qualified, best-trained army in US history was descending into crisis as the Vietnam War raged without end. Morale was tanking. AWOL rates were rising. And in August of that year, a group of Black soldiers seized control of the infamous Long Binh Jail, burned buildings, and beat a white inmate to death with a shovel. The days of 'same mud, same blood' were over, and by the end of the decade, a new generation of Black GIs had decisively rejected the slights and institutional racism their forefathers had endured. Acclaimed military historian Beth Bailey shows how the Army experienced, defined, and tried to solve racism and racial tension (in its own words, 'the problem of race') in the Vietnam War era. Some individuals were sympathetic to the problem but offered solutions that were more performative than transformational, while others proposed remedies that were antithetical to the army's fundamental principles of discipline, order, hierarchy, and authority. Bailey traces a frustrating yet fascinating arc where the army initially rushed to create solutions without taking the time to fully identify the origins, causes, and proliferation of racial tension. It was a difficult, messy process, but only after Army leaders ceased viewing the issue as a Black issue and accepted their own roles in contributing to the problem did change become possible"-- Provided by publisher

"Like spies Aldrich Ames and Robert Hanssen before her, Ana Montes blindsided her colleagues with brazen acts of treason. For nearly 17 years, Montes succeeded in two high-stress jobs. By day, she was one of the government's top Cuba experts, a buttoned-down GS-14 with shockingly easy access to classified documents. By night, she was on the clock for Fidel Castro, listening to coded messages over shortwave radio, passing US secrets to handlers in local restaurants, and slipping into Havana wearing a wig. In Code Name Blue Wren, investigative journalist Jim Popkin weaves the tale of two sisters who chose two very different paths, plus the unsung heroes who had to fight to bring Ana to justice"-- Provided by publisher

China is conducting an unprecedented campaign below the threshold of armed conflict to expand the influence of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and weaken the United States and its partners. This campaign involves sophisticated Chinese espionage activities, offensive cyber operations, disinformation on social media platforms, economic coercion, and influence operations targeting companies, universities, and other organizations. This report offers one of the most comprehensive analyses to date of Chinese political warfare activities and examines China's main actions, primary goals, and options for the United States and its partners. It sheds new light on the scope and breadth of Chinese activities and comes to several conclusions.

"The riveting third edition of this New York Times bestselling title expands its focus to China, exposes corruption on an international scale, and offers much-needed solutions. Extensively updated, this edition features fourteen new chapters, including a new introduction and conclusion. The book brings the story of economic hit men (EHMs) up-to-date and focuses on China's EHM strategy. EHMs are highly paid professionals who use development loans to cheat countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars and force them to serve US interests. Former economic hit man John Perkins gives an insider view into this system. With a truly global perspective, this book offers powerful revelations on extremely timely elements, including the third economic hit man wave that is sweeping the world and the way China optimizes US EHM models to make them a more dominating force. China's strategy is even more dangerous since it's successful at enticing lower income nations. Perkins also reveals how we can transform what he calls a failing Death Economy into a Life Economy. He encourages China's leaders to apply the Confucian ideal of serving the family to the global community to end the EHM strategy. The book ultimately provides a source of hope and inspires readers to participate in a new era of global cooperation"-- Provided by publisher.

• Queen Victoria : Assassins and Revolutionaries
• Queen Victoria's Secrets : War and the Rise of Germany
• Queen Victoria's Great Game : Empire and Intrigue
• Queen Victoria's Security : Anarchists and Fenians
• Edward VII and the Modernization of Intelligence
• King George V and the First World War
• King George V and the Bolsheviks
• Abdication : Spying on Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson
• Outbreak of the Second World War
• War in the Americas, 1941-1942
• The end of the Second World War, 1943-1945
• Queen Elizabeth II : Coronation and Cold War
• Queen Elizabeth's Empire : Intrigue in the Middle East
• The Global Queen
• Terrorists and Lunatics, 1969-1977
• Terrorists and Lunatics, 1979-1984
• The Diana Conspiracy Conclusion : The Secret Royals.

"Richard J. Aldrich and Rory Cormac reveal the remarkable relationship between the British Royal Family and the intelligence community, from the reign of Queen Victoria, through two world wars and the Cold War, to the present day. Based on painstaking archival research, the authors have uncovered a wealth of detail that changes our understanding of the role of the monarch in modern British politics, intelligence, and international relations. Far from being a dry tome, on page after page Crown, Cloak, and Dagger offers surprising revelations and stories of intrigue. The book begins with the reign of Queen Victoria, when persistent attempts to assassinate her demanded the creation of security services. Successive queens and kings have all played an active role in steering British intelligence, sometimes running parallel networks against the wishes of prime ministers. Even today, Queen Elizabeth II receives "copy No.1" of every intelligence report and likely knows more state secrets than any person alive. This book demonstrates that even in the era of constitutional monarchy, queens and kings continue to be far more than figureheads of state. Crown, Cloak, and Dagger is a fascinating and fast-paced history that will inform as well as entertain anyone with an interest in history, espionage, and the Royal Family"-- Provided by publisher.

• Le coup de tonnerre diplomatique
• La jeunesse allemande
• La guerre
• Militant communiste
• Moscou et le Komintern
• La mission en Chine
• Le réseau de Sorge à Shanghai
• Destination Tokyo
• Le théâtre japonais
• Moscou 1935
• Les mousquetaires de l'espionnage
• Le vent tourne : Moscou, la grande terreur
• La vie à Tokyo
• Sorge et le transfuge
• Le dernier exploit
• La guerre devient inévitable
• La guerre
• Staline hésite
• Sorge analyse l'attaque d'Hitler
• La bataille de Moscou
• La fin de la partie
• Épilogue : Stalingrad
• Données biographiques
• Bibliographie
• Du même auteur.

"Sorge fut l'un des plus grands agents secrets du XXe siècle, inspirant de nombreuses créations littéraires et cinématographiques, à commencer par James Bond. Ce maître espion du Kremlin a plusieurs fois changé le cours de l'histoire, influençant à la fois Hitler et Staline, manipulant les Américains comme les Japonais, restant toujours fidèle à son propre destin. En envoyant un renseignement crucial, il fut notamment un des véritables sauveurs de Moscou en octobre 1941, quand Hitler était aux portes du Kremlin. Il poussa également le Japon à entrer en guerre, non pas contre l'Union Soviétique, mais contre les États-Unis. Mêlant l'amour à l'espionnage, les tourments personnels à la fureur de l'histoire, Sorge va nous servir de guide dans un voyage insolite qui n'est pas sans rappeler notre actualité brûlante. Véritable homme-orchestre, il fut à la fois un grand séducteur et l'un des meilleurs journalistes de son époque, co-fondateur de l'École de sociologie de Francfort, un génie du renseignement. Derrière chaque événement de ce siècle, il y a un agent secret. L'analyse géopolitique à travers le prisme de l'espionnage demeure aujourd'hui primordiale. Un livre qui se lit comme un roman policier."--Page 4 of cover.

• Une pratique ancienne
• Les historiens et l'espionnage
• Exposé d'un paradoxe
• Quelles sources pour étudier ce phénomène ?
• Espionnage ou renseignement ?
• Pt. 1. Penser et représenter le renseignement au moyen âge
• 1. Dire le secret et l'invisible : les mots du renseignement
• Le processus de construction de l'information
• Désigner les acteurs du renseignement
• L'ambassadeur, agent de la paix
• Le messager, acteur de la diffusion
• L'espion, personnage du secret
• Les formes du message
• Le message oral
• L'information écrite
• Le "bruit qui court"
• De la "rumor" au renseignement
• Collecter et diffuser
• Vérifier et analyser le renseignement : l'exemple du conseil durant les croisades
• 2. Espionnage et renseignement chez les auteurs du Moyen Age
• La tradition antique : l'exemple de végece
• Savoir jauger ses guides et les autochtones
• Se garder des espions ennemis
• La place du renseignement et de l'espionnage dans l'art de la guerre au moyen âge
• Le renseignement chez les théoriciens byzantins
• Le renseignement chez al-harawi
• Du bon contrôle de l'information et du messager
• L'espion, atout majeur
• Désinformer
• Le renseignement dans la pratique du gouvernement
• Philippe de Mézières et Christine de Pisan
• Louis XI et Philippe de Commynes
• 3. Le monde du secret dans les représentations médiévales
• Être et paraître : l'identité de l'homme secret
• Dissimulation-imposture
• Mensonge-vérité
• Culpabilité-trahison
• L'information au rythme de la narration
• Illustrer le renseignement dans la Tapisserie de Bayeux
• La société secrète, ou de la légitimité d'user des espions
• L'exemple du siège d'Antioche
• Pt. 2. La pratique diplomatique et militaire du renseignement au Moyen Âge
• 4. En temps de paix : construire une mémoire stratégique
• Principes de la diplomatie et fonctions des agents de la paix
• Entre méfiance et confiance
• L'ambassadeur sous surveillance : une immunité relative ?
• Le travail diplomatique : collecter et organiser le renseignement
• Une diplomatie informée et documentée : Philippe le Bon et ses ambassades
• Le réseau d'informateurs aragonais au début
• Dans l'ombre des ambassadeurs : l'exemple de Jean de Woume
• Voyages clandestins en Terre sainte
• 5. S'informer et combattre
• Se renseigner pour garder l'avantage : le rôle des éclaireurs
• Reconnaître le terrain
• Prévenir les attaques ennemies
• Les éclaireurs dans le cycle de l'information
• Les turcoples : des autochtones aux côtés des croisés
• Communiquer et transmettre : les messagers
• Les nageurs d'Acre
• Les messagers de Jean d'Armagnac
• Le périple de Pierre David, messager amateur
• Observer et écouter secrètement : les espions
• Pt. 3. Réseaux officiels, réseaux officieux : pratiques du visible et de l'invisible la fin du moyen âge
• 6. La plume et la toile : Philippe de Commynes et la diplomatie secrète dans la seconde moitié du XVe siècle
• Premiers pas diplomatiques : la bourgogne (1464-1472)
• La "continuelle résidence" : commynes et Louis XI (1472-1483)
• Lyon, la botte aux lettres du réseau commynien
• Cicco Simonetta et le ‹, clerc" espion
• La campagne d'Italie de Charles VIII : commynes et les italiens (1494-1945)
• Réactiver le réseau primordial
• Commynes, l'ambassadeur espion à Venise
• Renseigner le roi
• 7. S'informer et gouverner : des villes face au besoin de sécurité
• Les services de renseignement urbains : l'exemple italien (XIIIe-XVe siècles)
• S'informer et coordonner : les villes au cœur du cycle de l'information
• Rechercher :" comment on pourra savoir la convine de noz adversaires"
• Agir : l'exemple de la ville de Chillons-en-Champagne
• Les réseaux de communication entre alliés en temps de guerre
• Démanteler les réseaux ennemis
• Le cas Charlot
• Le contre-espionnage dijonnais
• 8. L'importance du secret chez Louis XI
• Tisser sa toile : louis xi en ses réseaux
• Acheter la confiance : le réseau des obligés
• Le réseau de circulation de l'information
• Lutter contre les "intelligences" : la bataille de l'information
• Punir les conjurés
• Les réseaux de la trahison
• "Dura lex, sed lex".

"Au même titre que la prostitution, l'espionnage est souvent considéré comme l'un des "plus vieux métiers du monde". Il est vrai que l'on peut situer les premières utilisations d'espions entre les VIIIe et VIIe siècles avant notre ère. Au Moyen Âge, sujet de ce livre, pour collecter des renseignements, des acteurs s'imposent et des pratiques neuves sont mises en œuvre afin de répondre à des besoins multiples : militaires bien sûr, mais aussi diplomatiques et politiques. Lors des croisades, par exemple, les espions sont commandités par les grands barons souhaitant connaître les intentions militaires ennemies. Dans un autre contexte, le roi de France Louis XI organise une pratique du renseignement à but politique et diplomatique ; il est alors au sommet d'une pyramide vers lequel remontent des rapports provenant d'une "armée" de l'ombre. Ce sont ces sujets, et bien d'autres, qui sont ici traités avec finesse dans une synthèse aussi accessible que documentée."--Page 4 of cover.

• Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: The Dawning of a Kinder, Gentler US Military Part 1 Repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell 1. "The Hard Work to Get Me in the Door": A History of the Gay Ban 2. "What They Do in Their Private Life, I Couldn't Care Less": Striking the
• Homonormative Bargain 3. "He Acts Straight but He Has This One Thing . . .": Open LGB Service and
• Queer Social Control Part 2 Ending Combat Exclusion 4. "When You Want to Create a Group of Male Killers, You Kill the Woman in Them":
• Feminine Abjection and the Impossibility of Women Warriors 5. "My Problem's Not That I'm Gay-- My Problem Is That I'm a Woman": The Patriotic
• Paternalism of Combat Exclusion Part 3 Removing Medical Restrictions on Transgender Service 6. "Once He Saw Them as Soldiers, I Knew We Had It": The Trans Ban Tug of War 7. "You Can't Have Three Bathrooms at a Forward Operating Position": Gender Panic in the
• Transgendering Organization Part 4 Conclusion 8 . We Will Be Greeted as Gay Liberators? Methodological Appendix A Methodological Appendix B Methodological Appendix C Notes References Index.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)

The US military has done an about-face on gender and sexuality policy over the last decade, ending Don't Ask, Don't Tell, restrictions on women in combat, and transgender exclusion. Contrary to expectations, servicemembers have largely welcomed cisgender LGB individuals-yet they continue to vociferously resist trans inclusion and the presence of women on the front lines. In the minds of many, the embodied "deficiencies" of cisgender women and trans people of all genders puts others-and indeed, the nation-at risk. In this book, Cati Connell identifies the homonormative bargain that underwrites these uneven patterns of reception-a bargain that comes with significant concessions, upholding and even exacerbating race, class, and gender inequality in the pursuit of sexual equality. In this handshake deal, even the widespread support for open LGB service is highly conditional, revocable upon violation of the bargain. Despite the promise of inclusivity, in practice, the military has made room only for a "few good gays, " to the exclusion of all others. But should equal access be the goal? How did we get from there to here? And where do we go next? In analyzing inclusion as a social movement aspiration, Connell shows that its steep price is exacted through the continued abjection of queered Others, both at home and abroad. .
(source: Nielsen Book Data)

• Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: The Dawning of a Kinder, Gentler US Military Part 1 Repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell 1. "The Hard Work to Get Me in the Door": A History of the Gay Ban 2. "What They Do in Their Private Life, I Couldn't Care Less": Striking the
• Homonormative Bargain 3. "He Acts Straight but He Has This One Thing . . .": Open LGB Service and
• Queer Social Control Part 2 Ending Combat Exclusion 4. "When You Want to Create a Group of Male Killers, You Kill the Woman in Them":
• Feminine Abjection and the Impossibility of Women Warriors 5. "My Problem's Not That I'm Gay-- My Problem Is That I'm a Woman": The Patriotic
• Paternalism of Combat Exclusion Part 3 Removing Medical Restrictions on Transgender Service 6. "Once He Saw Them as Soldiers, I Knew We Had It": The Trans Ban Tug of War 7. "You Can't Have Three Bathrooms at a Forward Operating Position": Gender Panic in the
• Transgendering Organization Part 4 Conclusion 8 . We Will Be Greeted as Gay Liberators? Methodological Appendix A Methodological Appendix B Methodological Appendix C Notes References Index.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)

The US military has done an about-face on gender and sexuality policy over the last decade, ending Don't Ask, Don't Tell, restrictions on women in combat, and transgender exclusion. Contrary to expectations, servicemembers have largely welcomed cisgender LGB individuals-yet they continue to vociferously resist trans inclusion and the presence of women on the front lines. In the minds of many, the embodied "deficiencies" of cisgender women and trans people of all genders puts others-and indeed, the nation-at risk. In this book, Cati Connell identifies the homonormative bargain that underwrites these uneven patterns of reception-a bargain that comes with significant concessions, upholding and even exacerbating race, class, and gender inequality in the pursuit of sexual equality. In this handshake deal, even the widespread support for open LGB service is highly conditional, revocable upon violation of the bargain. Despite the promise of inclusivity, in practice, the military has made room only for a "few good gays, " to the exclusion of all others. But should equal access be the goal? How did we get from there to here? And where do we go next? In analyzing inclusion as a social movement aspiration, Connell shows that its steep price is exacted through the continued abjection of queered Others, both at home and abroad. .
(source: Nielsen Book Data)

"Immigrant service members are simultaneously held up as the exemplary immigrants and treated with suspicion as potential spies or infiltrators. The Green Card Soldier leverages the intersection between two key American institutions-the military and immigration-to understand how their overlap helps build a vision of the nation rooted in militarized citizenship and empire"-- Provided by publisher

"Immigrants to the United States have long used the armed forces as a shortcut to citizenship. Cristina-Ioana Dragomir profiles Lily, Alexa, and Vikrant, three immigrants of varying nationalities and backgrounds who chose military service as their way of becoming American citizens. Privileging the trio's own words and experiences, Dragomir crafts a human-focused narrative that moves from their lives in their home countries and decisions to join the military to their fraught naturalization processes within the service. Dragomir illuminates how race, ethnicity, class, and gender impacted their transformation from immigrant to soldier, veteran, and American. She explores how these factors both eased their journeys and created obstacles that complicated their access to healthcare, education, economic resources, and other forms of social justice. A compelling union of analysis and rich storytelling, Making the Immigrant Soldier traces the complexities of serving in the military in order to pursue the American dream"-- Provided by publisher

• Cover
• titlepage
• copyright
• dedication
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Contents
• List of Abbreviations
• Introduction
• Part I A Historical Analysis
• 1 Fighting for Liberty: The Role of Mercenaries in South America's Wars of Independence
• 2 In Defence of the National Interest: Mercenaries and the Yemen Civil War
• 3 Stemming Communist Influence in Central Africa: The CIA and Mercenaries in the Congo, 1964-1965
• 4 Why Mercenary Operations Occasionally Succeed
• PART II THE CONTEMPORARY PERIOD
• 5 Who Is a Mercenary in the Twenty-First Century?

• 6 Mercenaries and Private Military and Security Companies as State Instruments of Foreign Security Assistance
• 7 Looking to the Future and what it Holds for Mercenaries and Private Military and Security Companies
• Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Index

• Private armies
• From Russia with love : mercenaries fit the bill
• Russian grey is the new black
• Mercenaries' Russian roulette
• Private security with Chinese characteristics : no more local guards, not yet wolf warriors
• Defending the Belt and Road Initiative from Africa to the Middle East
• How China sees its own private security sector
• The evolution of a new Chinese security actor
• Turkey's new Janissaries?
• Drone mercenaries : a new security paradigms from China, Russia, and Turkey
• Drone warfare : lesson learned?
• Drone casus belli
• Cyber mercenaries : from boots on the ground to the metaverse
• Two opposites : non-combatants contractors and jihadist mercenaries
• Mercenaries, PMSC and the future of warfare.

"War is no longer waged only by national militaries. We are seeing a shift to a new anarchy where might makes right, but with new tools: private intelligence outfits, rent-an-army soldiers, and cyber mercenaries for hire. These groups profit from chaos and uncertainty, while accountability, transparency, and peace seem harder than ever to achieve"-- Provided by publisher.

• The Days of Mata Hari are Over (An Origin Story)
• Can a Tunnel Become a Double Agent?
• In the Mind
• Our Machine in Havana
• Betrayal Under the Ocean
• Turner's Technological Turn
• Passing the Global Espionage Torch
• Crypto AG
• Global Eyes
• A Global Killing Machine
• Conclusion : Information Gluttons

"Ever since the earliest days of the Cold War, American intelligence agencies have launched spies in the sky, implanted spies in the ether, burrowed spies underground, sunk spies in the ocean, and even tried chemical means to pry open the human mind. The United States increasingly has covered the globe with planes, satellites, drones, electronics, tunnels, and submarines all in the service of intelligence. Hard targets meant that American intelligence could not entirely rely on human spies, but it was more than that. Nothing is Beyond Our Reach reveals how America's love-affair with technology has led to its dependence on machines in intelligence collection and how this has almost inadvertently created a global surveillance empire. In a lively and engaging narrative, author Kristie Macrakis tells this story of how intelligence has changed from American technophilia and what its implications will be"-- Provided by publisher

• Machine generated contents note:
• 1. A Faustian Bargain: White Presidents, Wartime Necessity, and the Black Pursuit of Civil Rights, 1770 to 1945
• 2. "It Was Good Trouble, It Was Necessary Trouble": Truman and Reform, 3. Born out of the Necessity of War: The Korean War and Reform
• 4. The Frustration of the Middle Way: Eisenhower and Reform
• 5. From Image to Action: Kennedy, Johnson, and Reform
• 6. The Decrescendo of Cold War Racial Reform: Vietnam, Johnson, and Nixon

"Geoffrey Jensen brings clarity to our understanding of the political processes that fundamentally altered the racial composition of the American military. Black men had always served in American wars, but beginning with the Civil War, their service had been in segregated units. The US military was not integrated until after World War II. During the nearly thirty years under examination in this book, racial integration and reform of the military needed to occur to protect the nation's image during a largely ideological struggle. America's racial woes were grist for the propaganda mills in Moscow. But integration of the armed forces needed more than just Cold War justification. It required the willingness of the president to lead from the top. Military integration occurred as the result of the longstanding tradition of Congress to allow the executive branch to control the staffing and composition of the military. Jensen contends that understanding the action, or inaction, of US presidents and presidential administrations matters equally as much as understanding the efforts of those outside of Washington and the West Wing, as it was the presidents who were the ones dictating the pace, whether rapid or gradual, from with which reform was carried out"-- Provided by publisher