Research Guides: Government Resources: Goldwater-Nichols Act of 1986

Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986

Statutes at Large. 99th Congress, 2nd Session. Public Law 99-433 (H.R. 3622). Wednesday, October 1, 1986

Online Resources

Pentagon Library Online: Goldwater-Nichols and Beyond
A selective bibliography looking at what the act set out to do and what it accomplished.

Congressional Hearings

Goldwater-Nichols reform [electronic resource] : the way ahead : Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, second session, hearing held July 7, 2016 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services
Call Number: Online
Publication Date: 2017
Goldwater-Nichols reform : the way ahead : Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, second session, hearing held July 7, 2016
Call Number: Y 4.AR 5/2 A:2015-2016/130
Publication Date: 2017
Another crossroads? : professional military education twenty years after the Goldwater-Nichols Act and the Skelton panel : hearing before the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, One Hundr
Call Number: Y 4.AR 5/2 A:2009-2010/67 and Online
Another crossroads? : professional military education two decades after the Goldwater-Nichols Act and the Skelton Panel / U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
Call Number: Y 4.AR 5/2:ED 8 and Online
Publication Date: 2010
The future of U.S. Special Operations Forces : ten years after 9/11 and twenty-five years after Goldwater-Nichols : hearing before the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, One Hund
Call Number: Y 4.AR 5/2 A:2011-2012/69 and Online
Publication Date: 2012
30 years of Goldwater-Nichols reform : hearing before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, first session, Tuesday, November 10, 2015 by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services
Call Number: Online Only

Recommended Books

The Goldwater-Nichols DoD Reorganization Act : a ten-year retrospective by Dennis J. Quinn
Call Number: UA23.3 .G65 1999 and Online
ISBN: 9781579060077
Publication Date: 1997
The Perfect Storm : the Goldwater-Nichols Act and its effect on Navy acquisition by Charles Nemfakos; Irv Blickstein; Aine Seitz McCarthy; Jerry M. Sollinger
Call Number: Online Only
ISBN: 9780833050182
Publication Date: 2010
Reorganizing the Joint Chiefs of Staff : the Goldwater-Nichols Act of 1986 by Gordon Nathaniel Lederman
Call Number: KF7252 .L43 1999
ISBN: 0313310858
Publication Date: 1999
Unification of the United States Armed Forces: Implementing the 1986 Department of Defense Reorganization Act by Douglas C. Lovelace Jr.
Call Number: Online Only
ISBN: 1463723423
Publication Date: 1996
Victory on the Potomac : the Goldwater-Nichols act unifies the Pentagon by James R. Locher; Sam Nunn (Foreword by)
Call Number: KF7252 .L63 2002 and Online
ISBN: 9781585441877
Publication Date: 2002

Sen. Barry Goldwater (R - AZ) and Rep. William Nichols (D - AL - 4)

Databases

Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals This link opens in a new window
Provides citations to military periodicals from 1988-present.
DTIC Online This link opens in a new window
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ProQuest Congressional This link opens in a new window
Formerly Lexis-Nexis Congressional. This collection includes the full text of congressional publications, finding aids, a bill tracking service, and the full text of public laws and other research materials to enable both novice and experienced researchers to complete many types of research projects using a single, user-friendly interface. Since Congress is interested in all public policy, social, and economic issues, the database is an effective source for general research in many academic disciplines, in addition to research related to specific legislative proposals and laws.

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