Byrnes, James F. Speaking frankly. [1st ed.] New York, Harper [1947]. 324 p.

A book that deals primarily with Mr. Byrnes' attempts, as Secretary of State, to arrive at a postwar settlement with the Soviet Union.

Childs, Marquis W. Eisenhower: captive hero; a critical study of the general and the President. [1st ed.] New York, Harcourt, Brace [1958]. 310 p.

A "critical study of the General and the President" which presents some details of security policy formulation. Especially chapter 10, "From Yalta to the 'Summit." "

Clark, Mark W. Calculated risk. [1st ed.] New York, Harper [1950]. 500 p.

General Clark's account of the World War II campaigns in North Africa and Italy and his role in them.

Clark, Mark W. From the Danube to the Yalu. [1st ed.] New York, Harper [1954]. 369 p.

A sequel to "Calculated Risk," this volume contains an account of the author's experiences as commander of the United Nations forces in Korea. Clay, Lucius D. Decision in Germany. [1st ed.] Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1950. 522 p.

Memoirs of former Commander in Chief U.S. Forces in Europe and Military Governor of U.S. Zone of Occupied Germany.

Connally, Thomas T. My name is Tom Connally, by Tom Connally, as told to Alfred Steinberg. New York, Crowell [1954]. 376 p.

***he discusses the establishment of the United Nations Organization, Greek-Turkish aid, the Marshall Plan, the North Atlantic Treaty, the Korean war, and bipartisan foreign policy."

Deane, John R. The strange alliance; the story of our efforts at wartime cooperation with Russia. New York, Viking Press, 1947. 344 p.

War memoirs retelling General Deane's experiences as commander of the U.S. Military Mission to the U.S.S.R., 1943-45.

Eisenhower, Dwight D., President, United States. Crusade in Europe. Garden City, N.Y., Garden City Books [1952, copyright 1948]. 573 p.

General Eisenhower's personal account of World War II, about high strategy, the way victory was organized in the West, and important wartime political decisions.

Feis, Herbert. The China tangle; the American effort in China from Pearl Harbor to the Marshall mission. Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1953. 445 p.

Recounts the "American effort in China from Pearl Harber to the Marshall Mission." A close reading will yield a mine of information on how one vital sector of U.S. foreign policy was formulated and carried out. Feis, Herbert. Seen from E. A.; three international episodes, by Herbert Feis. New York, A. A. Knopf, 1947 [i.e. 1946]. 313 p.

A "narrative of three significant episodes in the American searc' for national security" before World War II. Episodes are rubber policy, Middle East oil, and oil for Italy. During the events recounted, author was Adviser on International Economic Affairs in the State Department.

Feis, Herbert. The Spanish story; Franco and the nations at war. [1st ed.] New York, A. A. Knopf, 1948. 282 p.

U.S. World War II policy toward Spain, with consideration of civil and military participation in policymaking.

Finletter, Thomas K. Power and policy; U.S. foreign policy and military power in the hydrogen age. [1st ed.] New York, Harcourt, Brace [1954]. 408 p.

Chapters 12 and 13 contain former Secretary of the Air Force Finletter's criticisms of and comments upon the determination of military force levels and the evolution of the Department of Defense.

Forrestal, James. The Forrestal diaries; edited by Walter Millis with the collaboration of E. S. Duffield. New York, Viking Press, 1951. 581 p.

Indispensable for the study of American national security policy formulation from 1944-49. The editorial comments of Walter Millis greatly enhance the value of the diaries.

Frye, William. Marshall, citizen soldier. Indianapolis, New York, Bobbs-Merrill [1947]. 397 p.

A biography of General Marshall's Army career.

Gavin, James M. War and peace in the space age. [1st ed.] New York, Harper [1958]. 304 p.

Touches only here and there upon the administration and organization of national security policy. An important source because General Gavin, as head of Army research and development, was a participant observer in recent and very important national security policy determinations.

Grew, Joseph C. Turbulent era; & diplomatic record of forty years, 1904-1945. Edited by Walter Johnson, assisted by Nancy Harvison Hooker. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1952. 2 v. (1,560 p.)

See volume 2.

Hull, Cordell. The memoirs of Cordell Hull. New York, Macmillan, 1948. 2 v. Prepared with the assistance of Andrew Berding.

"Vol. 1 Gives briefly Hull's own views. *** Chapter 15 discusses in detail Congress, Public opinion and the Department of State (pp. 211– 218. Vol. 2, chapter 19,*** the advantages of non-partisan policy in the formulation of a foreign policy."

King, Ernest J., and Walter M. Whitehill. Fleet Admiral King, a evel record. [1st ed.] New York, W. W. Norton [1952]. 674 p.

The memoirs of Fleet Admiral King, Chief of Naval Operations and Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet from March 1942-December 1945. Leahy, William D. I was there; the personal story of the Chief of Staff to Presidents Roosevelt and Truman, based on his notes and diaries made at the time. With a foreword by President Truman. New York, Whittlesey House [1950]. 527 p. Pusey, Merlo J. Eisenhower, the President. New York, Macmillan, 1956. 300 p.

A sympathetic account of the first term of the Eisenhower administration.

Ridgway, Matthew B. Soldier: the memoirs of Matthew B. Ridgway, as told to Harold H. Martin. [1st ed.] New York, Harper [1956]. 371 p.

Memoirs of a diplomat-soldier, who participated in high-level decisionmaking in peace and war, and who climaxed his military career as Army Chief of Staff.

Rosenman, Samuel I. Working with Roosevelt. New York, Harper, 1952. 560 p.

The memoirs of Judge Rosenman, a close associate of President Roosevelt, whose principal job it was to prepare and assist in the drafting of the President's speeches, deal in part with F. D. R.'s role in the Second World War.

Rovere, Richard H. The Eisenhower years; affairs of state. New York, Farrar, Straus and Cudahy [1956]. 390 p.

An account of the policies and personalities of the first 4 years of the Eisenhower administration by the Washington correspondent of the New Yorker.

Rovere, Richard H. and Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. The general and the President, and the future of American foreign policy. [New York] Farrar, Straus and Young [1951]. 336 p.

"Background to the withdrawal by President Truman of General MacArthur's military commands. ***Deals with the role of the military administrator who is subject to the policy decisions of political leaders." Sherwood, Robert E. Roosevelt and Hopkins, an intimate history. [1st ed.] New York, Harper [1948]. 979 p.

A major source of information on World War II political-military decisions and decision-making.

Smith, Walter Bedell. My three years in Moscow. Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1959. 346 p.

Personal account of the author's ambassadorship to the Soviet Union 1946-49.

Stettinius, Edward R. Lend-lease, weapon for victory. New York, Macmillan, 1944. 358 p.

Largely a general history of lend-lease up to 1944, but does contain here and there some very valuable information on the organization and administration of lend-lease and on decision-making in this area of wartime policy. During period covered by the book, Stettinius was Lend-Lease Administrator.

Stettinius, Edward R. Roosevelt and the Russians; the Yalta Conference; ed. by Walter Johnson. [1st ed.] Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1949. 367 p.

An account of the Yalta "Summit" Conference by the U.S. Secretary of State who was present.

Stilwell, Joseph W. The Stilwell papers, arr. and ed. by Theodore H. White. New York, W. Sloane Associates [1948]. 357 p.

A posthumous edition of the notes, journals, and letters of the United States Commander of the China-Burma-India Theater in World War II. Stimson, Henry L., and McGeorge Bundy. On active service in peace and war. [1st ed.] New York, Harper [1948] 698 p.

An account of Mr. Stimson's record in public life as he himself saw it. The last half is devoted to his Secretaryship of War from 1940 to 1945.

Truman, Harry S., President, United States. Memoirs. [Kansas City ed.] Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1955. V. 1. Year of decisions.

Absolutely essential for understanding security policy decisions and decision-making.

Truman, Harry S., President, United States. The Truman administration, its principles and practice, edited by Louis W. Koenig. New York, New York University Press, 1956. 394 p.

An account of Mr. Truman's Presidency as revealed by his official papers, speeches, and press conferences.

Vandenberg, Arthur H. The private papers of Senator Vandenberg, edited by Arthur H. Vandenberg, Jr., with the collaboration of Joe Alex Morris. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1952. 599 p.

While the major theme of this volume is Senator Vandenberg's transition from isolationism to an advocate of international cooperation, it is a valuable source for an understanding of U.S. foreign relations since Pearl Harbor, particularly from the point of view of a prominent member of the legislative branch of the Government.

Wedemeyer, Albert C. Wedemeyer reports! New York, Holt, 1958. 497 p.

The recollections and observations of an American general who was U.S. commander in the China Theater and Chief of Staff to Chiang Kai-shek during World War II, and who made a special State Department survey of China in 1947.

Welles, Sumner. Seven decisions that shaped history. [1st ed.] New York, Harper [1951]. 236 p.

An Under Secretary of State between 1939 and 1943 writes of seven wartime decisions of U.S. policy "that shaped history.'

III. GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS

There are numerous hearings and reports published by various committees of Congress which contain important references to U.S. national security policy. This bibliography does not attempt to include a definitive list of these publications. However, in addition to the congressional publications listed under this heading because of their special importance, publications of the following committees of Congress often contain material_relevant to national security policy: Joint Committees: Atomic Energy.

A. MAJOR NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY ADMINISTRATIVE
REORGANIZATIONS AND THEIR IMPLEMENTATION

U.S. Government organization manual. 1935-Washington.
U.S. Bureau of Naval Personnel. Organization for national security
[prepared by the Training Division. _Washington] 1955. 40 p.
U.S. Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth. Organ-
ization for national security. Fort Leavenworth, Kans., 1954.
Various paging. (5008/5).

"The organization for national security under the National Security Act of 1947 and the Amendments of 1949, and changes brought about by the reorganization plans of 1953. National security policies; composition of the National Security Council and coordination of its various agencies. Functions of: the President, the National Security Council, the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Resources Board, the Office of Defense Mobilization, the Secretary of Defense, and various statutory agencies within the Department of Defense ***. Organizational charts." U.S. Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government (1947-49). The national security organization. Letter from the chairman [Herbert Hoover] transmitting to the Congress a study prepared for the Commission's consideration on the national security organization in the Federal Government. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1949. 30 p. (81st Cong., 1st sess. House document no. 86.)

U.S. Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government (1947-49). Committee on the National Security Organization. National security organization; a report with recommendations prepared for the Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government. [Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1949.] 121 p.

Task force report on national security organization, Appendix G.

An appendix to the national security organization; a report to the Congress, February 1949, by the Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government.

U.S. Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government (1947-49). Committee on the National Security Organization. Report to the Commission. November 15, 1948. Washington. 4 v. Mimeographed.

U.S. Congress. Conference Committees, 1947.

National security act of 1947. Conference report to accompany S. 758. [Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1947.] 21 p. (80th Cong., 1st sess., 1947. House. Report no. 1051.) U.S. Congress. Conference Committees, 1949. National security act amendments of 1949. Conference report to accompany H.R. 5632. [Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1949.] 21 p. (81st Cong., 1st sess., 1949. House. Report no. 1142.)

U.S. Congress. Conference Committees, 1949. Reorganization act of 1949. Conference report to accompany H.R. 2361. [Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1949.] 8 p. (81st Cong., 1st sess., 1949. Senate. Report no. 843.) U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Amending the Reorganization act of 1949 (Emergency reorganization of the Executive Branch). Hearing before a subcommittee of the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Department.