Oral history interview with James H. Douglas, Jr., 1972.

Biographical Note

Lawyer, cabinet member

Scope and Contents

Under Secretary of Air Force, Secretary of Air Force, Deputy Secretary of Defense, 1953-61; budget cuts; missile development: Navajo, Snark, Polaris, Thor, Jupiter; space program; military intelligence; U-2 flights; high flights over Berlin; building of Air Force Academy; Indo-China, Defense Intelligence Agency

Subjects

• Baker, T. H. (Thomas Harrison), interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Cabinet officers--United States--Interviews.
• Douglas, James H. (James Henderson), 1899-1988--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• United States. Air Force.
• United States. Department of Defense.
• United States Air Force Academy.
• Weapons systems.

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1976