The long war : a new history of U.S. national security policy since World War II / Andrew J. Bacevich, editor.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Liberation or dominance? : the ideology of U.S. national security policy / Arnold A. Offner -- 2. Variations on the American way of war / James Kurth -- 3. The politics of conventional warfare in an unconventional age / George H. Quester -- 4. Shield and sword : U.S. strategic forces and doctrine since 1945 / Tami Davis Biddle -- 5. Elusive bargain : the pattern of U.S. civil-military relations since World War II / Andrew J. Bacevich -- 6. The evolution of the national security state : ubiquitous and endless / Anna Kasten Nelson -- 7. Intelligence for empire / John Prados -- 8. The military-industrial complex : lobby and trope / Alex Roland -- 9. Paying for global power : costs and benefits of postwar U.S. military spending / Benjamin O. Fordham -- 10. The changing moral contract for military service / James Burk -- 11. American insecurity : dissent from the "long war" / Charles Chatfield -- 12. The "good" war : national security and American culture / William L. O'Neill.

"Essays by a diverse and distinguished group of historians, political scientists, and sociologists examine the alarms, emergencies, controversies, and confusions that have characterized America's Cold War, the post-Cold War interval of the 1990s, and today's "Global War on Terror." This "Long War" has left its imprint on virtually every aspect of American life; by considering it as a whole, The Long War is the first volume to take a truly comprehensive look at America's response to the national-security crisis touched off by the events of World War II."--BOOK JACKET.