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Author:

Goodman, Melvin A. (Melvin Allan), 1938-

Title:

National insecurity : the cost of American militarism / Melvin A. Goodman.

Publisher:

City Lights Books,

Copyright Date:

c2013

Description:

461 p.

Subject:

United States--Military policy.
Militarism.
National security.
National security--History.--History.
United States--History.--Decision making.--History.
Eisenhower, Dwight D.--(Dwight David),--1890-1969--Influence.
Weapons systems--Government policy.
Military bases, American--Foreign countries.
United States--Foreign relations.
Strategy.

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

American militarism, costs and consequences -- President Eisenhower's legacy -- George H.W. Bush's New World Order -- Clinton's problems with the Pentagon -- Bush's surrender to the Pentagon -- President Obama's deference to the military -- The Pentagon's grip on the intelligence community -- The Pentagon's phantom missile defense -- Defense spending: Eisenhower's "cross of iron" -- What needs to be done.

ISBN:

0872865894
9780872865891

LCCN:

2012036018

Locations:

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

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

CQPE926 -- Washington Free Public Library (Washington)