National and International Security

The Congressionally Mandated Mobility Study

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

The Congressionally Mandated Mobility Study (CMMS), completed in 1981 by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, examined the capacities of the American military to transport troops and material to Europe and the Persian Gulf. The study was...

President Cleveland and the Pullman Strike

Publication Date: January 01, 1986

On July 3, 1894, on orders from President Grover Cleveland, Secretary of War David S. Lamont ordered the commanding general of the Military Department to prepare the US army at Fort Sheridan, Illinois, for immediate deployment. Lamont told...

Deciding to Use Force in Grenada

Publication Date: January 01, 1986

In late October 1983, United States military forces landed on the Caribbean island-nation of Grenada—the first time U.S. forces had intervened in their own hemisphere in a generation. The United States' immediate concern was the safety of...

Internal & External Corruption in the Philippines' Tax System (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1986

In an effort to weed out corruption in the government, President Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines fired 2,000 government officials suspected of corruption, among them the commissioner of revenue, in the fall of 1975. That September, Marcos...

Internal & External Corruption in the Philippines' Tax System (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1986

In an effort to weed out corruption in the government, President Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines fired 2,000 government officials suspected of corruption, among them the commissioner of revenue, in the fall of 1975. That September, Marcos...

George Shultz and the Polygraph Test

Publication Date: January 01, 1986

Shortly before Christmas 1985, Secretary of State George Shultz publicly threatened to resign over a pending administration directive that would have required thousands of government employees with access to highly classified information to...

Great Engine War (Abridged)

Publication Date: January 01, 1985

This case provides a detailed account of a competition between Pratt and Whitney and General Electric fostered by the US Air Force for a $17 billion contract to build fighter engines. The case presents background on the Air Force's contractual...

Great Engine War

Publication Date: January 01, 1985

This case provides a detailed account of a competition between Pratt and Whitney and General Electric fostered by the US Air Force for a $17 billion contract to build fighter engines. The case presents background on the Air Force's contractual...

Shaping the National Military Command Structure: Command Responsibilities for the Persian Gulf

Publication Date: January 01, 1985

The fall of the Shah of Iran in February 1979 brought to the fore long-standing dissatisfaction with the adequacy of US military power in the Persian Gulf region. Among military leaders and advisers there were two principal sources of concern:...

Managing NATO's Nuclear Business: The December 1979 Decision (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1984

This case chronicles the series of events that led the United States and its NATO allies to decide, in December 1979, to deploy new nuclear missiles in Western Europe that were capable of striking the Soviet Union. Part A provides background on...

Managing NATO's Nuclear Business: The December 1979 Decision (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1984

This case chronicles the series of events that led the United States and its NATO allies to decide, in December 1979, to deploy new nuclear missiles in Western Europe that were capable of striking the Soviet Union. Part A provides background on...

Wage and Price Controls (B): The Nixon Controls

Publication Date: January 01, 1983

When inflation reached 18 percent in 1980, a groundswell of public opinion clamored for mandatory wage and price controls. President Carter steadfastly refused, citing consensus among government leaders and economists that America's previous...