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Arsenal of democracy : the politics of national security in America from World War II to the War on Terrorism / Julian E. Zelizer.

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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

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