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For might and right : Cold War defense spending and the remaking of American democracy / Michael Brenes.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brenes, Michael, author.
- Series:
- Culture and politics in the Cold War and beyond
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political participation.
- History.
- Militarism.
- Defense contracts.
- United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
- United States.
- Politics and government.
- United States--Economic conditions--1945-.
- Economic conditions.
- United States--Armed Forces--Appropriations and expenditures.
- Armed Forces.
- Expenditures, Public.
- Defense contracts--United States--History--20th century.
- Militarism--United States--History--20th century.
- Political participation--United States--History--20th century.
- Political culture--United States--History--20th century.
- Political culture.
- Cold War--Influence.
- Cold War.
- Armed Forces--Appropriations and expenditures.
- Economic history.
- War--Influence.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 316 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- "How did the global Cold War influence American politics at home? For Might and Right traces the story of how Cold War defense spending remade participatory politics, producing a powerful and dynamic political coalition that reached across party lines. This "Cold War coalition" favored massive defense spending over social welfare programs, bringing together a diverse array of actors from across the nation, including defense workers, community boosters, military contractors, current and retired members of the armed services, activists, and politicians. Faced with neoliberal austerity and uncertainty surrounding America's foreign policy after the 1960s, increased military spending became a bipartisan solution to create jobs and stimulate economic growth, even in the absence of national security threats. Using a rich array of archival sources, Michael Brenes draws important connections between economic inequality and American militarism that enhance our understanding of the Cold War's continued impact on American democracy and the resilience of the military-industrial complex, up to the age of Donald Trump"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: ch. One Where the Global Meets the Parochial
- ch. Two The National Politics of International Stability
- ch. Three Vietnam and Antimilitarism in the 1960s
- ch. Four The Cold War Returns
- ch. Five War and Peace in the "Age of Inequality".
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781625345219
- 1625345216
- 9781625345226
- 1625345224
- OCLC:
- 1154561187
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