Apocalypse management [electronic resource] : Eisenhower and the discourse of national insecurity / Ira Chernus.

9780804768467 (ebook) :

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2008.

1 online resource (xii, 307 p.).

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For eight years President Dwight Eisenhower claimed to pursue peace and national security. Yet his policies entrenched the United States in a seemingly permanent cold war, a spiralling nuclear arms race, and a deepening state of national insecurity. This book uncovers the key to this paradox in Eisenhower's unwavering commitment to a consistent way of talking, in private as well as in public, about the cold war rivalry.

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September 25, 2015

Includes bibliographical references and index.