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Origins of the national security state and the legacy of Harry S. Truman. /
The Cold War profoundly transformed American society, perhaps most significantly through the development of national security institutions that are very much alive more than two decades after the end of the Cold War. The essays in this volume explore the highly charged political environment in which...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Kirksville, Missouri :
Truman State University Press,
2015.
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| Colección: | Truman legacy series ;
Volume 11. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface / Mary Ann Heiss and Michael J. Hogan
- Introduction: The national security discourse of the early Cold War and the legacy of Harry S. Truman / Michael J. Hogan
- [1] The institutions of the national security state
- Preparing for the next Pearl Harbor : Harry S. Truman's role in the creation of the U.S. national security establishment / Douglas Stuart
- Setting the stage : Harry S. Truman and the American military / Dale R. Herspring
- The legacy of military spending during the Truman administration / Benjamin O. Fordham
- The CIA : its origin, transformation, and crisis of identity from Harry S. Truman to Barack Obama / Richard H. Immerman and Timothy Andrews Sayle
- Graphic essay
- [2] The implications of the national security state
- The military-industrial complex and the path not taken / Audra J. Wolfe
- The politics and political legacy of Harry S. Truman's national security policies / David C. Unger
- An accidental empire? : President Harry S. truman and the origins of America's global military presence / Aaron B. O'Connell
- The national security state and the legacy of Harry S. Truman : enduring themes / Mark R. Jacobson.