Download or read book The United States Navy and Defense Unification, 1947-1953 written by Paolo Enrico Coletta and published by University of Delaware Press. This book was released on 1981 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a historical background to the problems met during the early days of defense unification of the three U.S. military services: the Navy, the Army, and the Air Force. The author analyzes the problem of unification during both peacetime and wartime, showing how the Korean War served to point up the capabilities and limitations of the three services.