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Author:

Stuart, Douglas T.

Title:

Creating the national security state : a history of the law that transformed America / Douglas T. Stuart.

Publisher:

Princeton University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

xiii, 342 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

National security--History--United States--History--20th century.
United States--Law and legislation.--Law and legislation.
United States--Decision making.--Decision making.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-333) and index.

Contents:

A farewell to normalcy -- "One man is responsible": managing national security during World War II -- Marshall's Plan: the battle over postwar unification of the armed forces -- Eberstadt's Plan: "active, intimate and continuous relationships" -- Connecting the domestic ligaments of national security -- From the national military establishment to the Office of the Secretary of Defense -- Closing the phalanx: the establishment of the NSC and the CIA, 1947-1960.

ISBN:

0691133719
9780691133713

LCCN:

2007940899

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

N3AX771 -- Drake Law School Library (Des Moines)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)