UID:
edocfu_9959241174102883
Format:
1 online resource (603 p.)
ISBN:
0-231-50586-8
Content:
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 1990's, 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. Contributors consider topics ranging
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Description based upon print version of record.
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Liberation or dominance?: the ideology of U.S. national security policy / Arnold A. Offner -- Variations on the American way of war / James Kurth -- The politics of conventional warfare in an unconventional age / George H. Quester -- Shield and sword: U.S. strategic forces and doctrine since 1945 / Tami Davis Biddle -- Elusive bargain: the pattern of U.S. civil-military relations since World War II / Andrew J. Bacevich -- The evolution of the national security state: ubiquitous and endless / Anna Kasten Nelson -- Intelligence for empire / John Prados -- The military-industrial complex: lobby and trope / Alex Roland -- Paying for global power: costs and benefits of postwar U.S. military spending / Benjamin O. Fordham -- The changing moral contract for military service / James Burk -- American insecurity: dissent from the "long war" / Charles Chatfield -- The "good" war: national security and American culture / William L. O'Neill.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-231-13159-3
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-231-13158-5
Language:
English
