Apocalypse Management
Subtitle: Eisenhower and the Discourse of National Insecurity (Stanford Nuclear Age Series)
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: February 5, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780804758079
Subjects: American history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Political science & theory; History; History - Military / War; History: American; USA; United States - Civil War; History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Description: For eight years President Dwight Eisenhower claimed to pursue peace and national security. Yet his policies entrenched the United States in a seemingly permanent cold war, a spiralling nuclear arms race, and a deepening state of national insecurity. This book uncovers the key to this paradox in Eisenhower's unwavering commitment to a consistent way of talking, in private as well as in public, about the cold war rivalry.