Buildup : The Politics of Defense in the Reagan Era /

The eight-year Reagan presidency not only initiated the largest peacetime military buildup in American history, but also altered traditional partisan alignments and revised the policy agenda of the welfare state. In his insightful book, Daniel Wirls clarifies the relationship between defense policy...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Wirls, Daniel (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]
Temas:
Political Science & Political History.
U.S. History.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction. Defense Policy and Domestic Politics
  • 1. Continuity and Change in Cold War Politics
  • 2. Military Policy and the Reagan Revolution
  • 3. The Rise of the Nuclear Weapons Peace Movement
  • 4. The Origins of Military Reform
  • 5. The Nuclear Freeze Campaign and the Democratic Party
  • 6. The Strategic Defense Initiative
  • 7. Congressional Procurement Reform
  • 8. From Buildup to Build-down
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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