Books
John Lehman is the author and editor of 13 well-reviewed books.
Where Are the Carriers? U.S. National Strategy and the Choices Ahead
Since the carrier’s adoption over 100 years ago, policymakers and service members have argued over the ship’s mission, size, vulnerability, and—of course—cost. These arguments have become increasingly more pointed as the armed services compete over diminishing financial resources.
This is a study supported by the Foreign Policy Research Institute in Philadelphia, PA. It can be found online at fpri.org.
Oceans Ventured — Winning the Cold War at Sea
John Lehman has given us another naval classic in Oceans Ventured–the incredible story of the navy’s central role in winning the Cold War. Based upon meticulous research and newly declassified documents, Lehman’s fresh account has the grip of a well-crafted adventure novel. His perspective is uniquely authoritative: he was a key architect of American strategy, a crucial figure in its execution, and an active participant as a qualified naval aviator. A must-read…
The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (Authorized Edition)
We call on the American people to remember how we all felt on 9/11, to remember not only the unspeakable horror but how we came together as a nation- one nation. Unity of purpose and unity of effort are the way we will defeat this enemy and make America safer for our children and grandchildren.
We look forward to a national debate on the merits of what we have recommended, and we will participate vigorously in that debate.
America the Vulnerable
In the essays collected here, some of the most respected strategic thinkers in the United States address questions that could affect national security and international affairs for years to come.
On Seas of Glory: Heroic Men, Great Ships, and Epic Battles of the American Navy
A masterful execution of an inspired idea–rather like the Inchon landing and other operations ably examined in these pages.
Making War: The 200-Year-Old Battle Between the President and Congress Over How America Goes to War
John Lehman draws on his extensive experience in Washington, which took him from the rarefied atmosphere of the National Security Council to the exalted position of secretary of the navy, to give us a fascinating perspective on U.S. involvement in the Persian Gulf War. Even more important, Lehman examines the dangerously unsettled question of who, Congress of the president, in the final analysis, is empowered to commit the nation to war. He renders an important service in bringing to us this provocative book.
Naval Power After Cold War Victory
We face an entirely new era because the cold war is over, and we now have an undisputed role of leadership in the world. It is an opportunity to mold a new peace in the years ahead.
Command of the Seas
Command of the Seas is a book that speaks forcefully to both the success and failures of the Reagan administration’s military policy. The author is a wise and honest man.
Beyond the SALT II Failure
Seymour Weiss and John Lehman, now Secretary of the Navy, in a series of essays taken from articles over the 1977-1979 period, point out the shortcomings of the SALT process and the necessity for $30 billion in additional defense funding to close the gaps. The assumption that the Soviets were merely trying to catch up to the U.S. and were not seeking superiority had, in the authors’ view, biased our past intelligence estimates and our defense spending.
Aircraft Carriers: The Real Choices
The aircraft carrier has provided one of the most controversial Defense issues since the Second World War. For the first time in an unclassified document all of the important elements of this complex issue are explained in clear and scholarly treatment.
This publication is available in the General Research Division of the New York Public Library. See Call Number JFK 01-153.
The Executive, Congress, and Foreign Policy: Studies of the Nixon Administration
The period upon which this work focuses, the first term of the Nixon administration, appears from the perspective of present post-Watergate enervation to have been one of unbridled executive license and domination of foreign affairs. In fact, it was not so. Those years instead were transitional and very contentious, with Congress playing an increasingly determinate role.
Arms Control for the Late Sixties
This volume is an outgrowth of the Third International Arms Control Conference. Many of the world’s leading authorities on the technical, strategic, and political aspects of disarmament negotiations and arms control policies examine the crucial international arms situation.
The Prospects for Arms Control
The papers presented in this volume are the products of a rather unique meeting which was held in Philadelphia early in 1964. About a year before that time, a group of students from several different universities and colleges in the Philadelphia area, conscious of the fact that most college students in this country were bewildered by the appalling complexity of the arms problem, decided to hold a conference at which the nation’s leading experts on disarmament and arms control would be given an opportunity to explain the issues directly to students, to answer their questions, to hear their opinions and to engage them in discussion on what is probably the most formidable dilemma confronting modern man.