A cross of iron : Harry S. Truman and the origins of the national security state / Michael J. Hogan.
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- 052164044X
- 0521795370 (pbk)
- E813 H58 1998
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UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | E813 H58 1998 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.1 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 30010000004881 | ||
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UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | E813 H58 1998 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.2 | المتاح | 30010000004882 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 483-505) and index.
1. The National Security Discourse: Ideology, Political Culture, and State Making -- 2. Magna Charta: The National Security Act and the Specter of the Garrison State -- 3. The High Price of Peace: Guns-and-Butter Politics in the Early Cold War -- 4. The Time Tax: American Political Culture and the UMT Debate -- 5. "Chaos and Conflict and Carnage Confounded": Budget Battles and Defense Reorganization -- 6. Preparing for Permanent War: Economy, Science, and Secrecy in the National Security State -- 7. Turning Point: NSC-68, the Korean War, and the National Security Response -- 8. Semiwar: The Korean War and Rearmament -- 9. The Iron Cross: Solvency, Security, and the Eisenhower Transition -- 10. Other Voices: The Public Sphere and the National Security Mentality -- 11. Conclusion.
In A Cross of Iron, one of the country's most distinguished diplomatic historians addresses the domestic underside of America's expanding global role in the first decade of the Cold War. The result is the fullest account yet of one of the most important developments in recent American history - the emergence of a national security state where none had existed before. Drawing on prodigious research in archival and manuscript materials, Michael J.