Reflections of a Technocrat Managing Defense Air and Space Programs During the 1st Edition by John, Kenneth Alnwick, Lawrence ISBN 978-1585661565 1585661562
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ISBN 10: 1585661562
ISBN 13: 978-1585661565
Author: John L., Kenneth J. Alnwick, Lawrence
“Reflections of a Technocrat: Managing Defense, Air, and Space Programs During the Cold War” is a comprehensive memoir by Dr. John L. McLucas, co-authored with Kenneth J. Alnwick and Lawrence R. Benson. This work offers an in-depth look into McLucas’s extensive career in science, technology, and defense, providing valuable insights into the evolution of U.S. military and space programs during a pivotal era
Table of contents:
1 FROM COUNTRY BOY TO COMPANY
PRESIDENT
Whose Son Am I?
Attending Davidson College and Tulane
University.
Employing Radar in the Navy
Growing a High-Tech Enterprise
Notes
2 CAREER BROADENING IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Defense Management under McNamara.
Promoting Innovations in Tactical Weapons
My Role in the Controversial TFX Program
Progress and Problems with Other Systems.
An Interlude with NATO in Paris
Closing a Circle at the MITRE Corporation
MITRE Goes to War-Igloo White and
Other Projects
Accomplishments and Angst
Notes
3 MY AIR FORCE YEARS: PEOPLE AND POLITICS
Joining the Laird-Packard Team
My Roles as Undersecretary
Defense Management in the First Nixon
Administration
Serving as Secretary
Notes
4 MODERNIZING THE FORCE: NEW SYSTEMS FOR FUTURE AIR SUPREMACY
Reforming Acquisition Management.
Sustaining Basic and Applied Research
Developing Weapon Systems
Notes
5 WHAT CAN NOW BE TOLD: THE NATIONAL RECONNAISSANCE AND AIR FORCE SPACE PROGRAMS
Directing the National Reconnaissance Office in Its Golden Age
Key NRO People and Organizations
Selected Reconnaissance Programs
Some Thoughts on Secrecy and
Bureaucracy
The Air Force in Space
The NRO and Air Force in Retrospect.
Notes.
6 FACING OTHER ISSUES OVERSEAS AND AT HOME
Trying for Peace with Honor in Vietnam
Turning toward Europe and the Middle East
The Air Force and American Society.
My Farewell to Arms
Notes.
7 MANAGING CIVIL AVIATION AND COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMS
Heading the Federal Aviation Administration
Connecting the Global Village at Comsat
Corporation
Chairing the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation…
Launching the International Space University
8 PROMOTING SPACE, SCIENCE, AND
TECHNOLOGY
Defending the Free Exchange of Scientific
Information
Advancing International Cooperation in Space
Overseeing QuesTech, Inc.
Fostering Space Commerce
Mission to Planet Earth
Looking Farther into the Space Age
Final Years
Notes.
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