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Arsenal of democracy : the politics of national security-- from World War II to the War on Terrorism
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Arsenal of democracy : the politics of national security-- from World War II to the War on Terrorism / Julian E. Zelizer.
ISBN
9780465015078 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0465015077 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Published
New York, NY : Basic Books, c2010.
Physical Description
v, 583 pages ; 25 cm.
Summary
It has long been a truism that prior to George W. Bush, politics stopped at the water's edge--that is, that partisanship had no place in national security. In Arsenal of Democracy, historian Julian E. Zelizer shows this to be demonstrably false: partisan fighting has always shaped American foreign policy and the issue of national security has always been part of our domestic conflicts.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 21, 2010
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 513-562) and index.
Contents
Four questions
Uneasy warriors
How the Democrats won World War II
Building the national security state
Making China right
High noon at mid-century
Make missiles, not budgets
The Cuban Missile Crisis revisited
Running scared into Vietnam
Ending the draft
No room for a Republican center
The lost Democratic opportunity
Rambo meets The deer hunter
Counter-attack
What comes next?
Fighting conservatism on Capitol Hill
9/11
Mission accomplished?
Politics at the water's edge.
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