Reminiscences of Arleigh Andrew Burke : oral history, 1973.

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Reminiscences of Arleigh Andrew Burke : oral history, 1973.

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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Eisenhower administration: missile weapons systems, Polaris and bases, Suez Crisis, foreign navies, recollections of President Eisenhower.

Transcript: 249 leaves.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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