The rise of the American security state
Subtitle: the National Security Act of 1947 and the militarization of U.S. foreign policy
By: M. Kent Bolton
Series: Praeger security international; Praeger security international (Series)
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9781440843198
Subjects: United States; Defenses; Military policy; International Security; Foreign relations; History
Description: "The Rise of the American Security State is about the militarization of U.S. foreign policy starting about midway through the twentieth century, increasing during the Cold War era and, somewhat surprisingly, continuing in the post-Cold War period"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Understanding U.S. foreign policy; title: The Cold War, the Cold-War consenus, and the National Security Act of 1947; title: The early Cold War: the 1950s; title: The main Cold War years: 1960s-1980s; title: The transition from the Cold War and the post-Cold War period; title: What the National Security Act has meant for U.S. foreign policy; title: The National Security Act and the militarization of U.S. foreign policy.