2 options
Arsenal of democracy : the politics of national security in America from World War II to the War on Terrorism / Julian E. Zelizer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zelizer, Julian E.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- National security--United States--History--20th century.
- National security.
- National security--United States--History--21st century.
- United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
- United States.
- United States--Politics and government--1989-.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (591 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Basic Books, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- By a prize-winning historian, a sweeping history of the interplay between domestic politics and foreign policy since World War II
- Contents:
- Contents; 1 four questions; 2 uneasy warriors; 3 how the democrats won world war ii; 4 building the national security state; 5 making china right; 6 high noon at mid-century; 7 make missiles, not budgets; 8 the cuban missile crisis revisited; 9 running scared into vietnam; 10 ending the draft; 11 no room for a republican center; 12 the lost democratic opportunity; 13 rambo meets the deer hunter; 14 counter-attack; 15 what comes next?; 16 fighting conservatism on capitol hill; 17 9/11; 18 mission accomplished?; 19 politics at the water's edge; acknowledgments; archives; notes; index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-45006-9
- 9786612450068
- 0-465-02086-0
- OCLC:
- 609855118
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.