Eminently readable, Assignment: Pentagon is the essential guide for the newly assigned military person, fresh civilian, and interested outsider to the Pentagon's informal set of arrangements, networks, and functions that operate in the service and joint service world.

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Title: Assignment: Pentagon: How to Excel in a Bureaucracy, 3d Edition, Revised
Publisher: Potomac Books Inc
Publication Date: 2001
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1574883402
ISBN 13: 9781574883404
Binding: Paperback
Edition: 3rd Edition
Condition: Very Good

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Eminently readable, Assignment: Pentagon is the essential guide for the newly assigned military person, fresh civilian, and interested outsider to the Pentagon's informal set of arrangements, networks, and functions that operate in the service and joint service world. From the type of wristwatch one needs to how to succeed in the Joint Staff, the book delivers a wealth of practical advice and helpful hints about surviving the pressures and problems of working in "the Building."

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MAJ. GEN. PERRY M. SMITH, USAF (RET.) worked in the Pentagon for many years and logged extensive operational and leadership experience. He flew 180 combat missions during the Vietnam War, including 50 over North Vietnam, and later commanded a wing of f-15's in Germany. He has frequently appeared as a military analyst on CNN, the Macneil-Lehrer News Hour, and National Public Radio. He lives in Valdosta, Georgia.

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