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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Koistinen, Paul A. C.
Titre(s) : State of war [Texte imprimé] : the political economy of American warfare, 1945-2011 / Paul A.C. Koistinen
Publication : Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, cop. 2012
Description matérielle : xiii, 313 p. ; 24 cm
Collection : Modern war studies
Lien à la collection : Modern war studies
Comprend : The presidency ; Congress ; A big military ; The defense industry ; "Big science"
; Other estates ; Weapons ; National security and the economy ; The political economy
of the cold war.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-294) and index
In his farewell speech, President Dwight Eisenhower warned of the dangers of a military-industrial
complex (MIC). In Paul Koistinen's new book, that warning appears to have been both
prophetic and largely ignored. As the final volume in his magisterial study of the
political economy of American warfare, State of War describes the bipolar world that
developed from rivalry between the U.S. and USSR, showing how seventy years of defense
spending have bred a monster. Koistinen underscores how during the second half of
twentieth century and into the twenty-first, the United States began to maintain large
military structures during peacetime. Many factors led to that result: the American
economy stood practically alone in a war-ravaged world; the federal government, especially
executive authority, was at pinnacle of its powers; the military accumulated unprecedented
influence over national security; and weaponry became more sophisticated following
World War II. Koistinen describes how rise of the MIC was preceded by a gradual process
of institutional adaptation and then supported and reinforced by willing participation
of Big Science and its industrial partners, the broader academic world, and think
tanks. He also evaluates the effects of ongoing defense budgets within context of
the nation's economy since 1950s. Over time, the MIC effectively blocked efforts to
reduce expenditures, control the arms race, improve relations with adversaries, or
adopt more enlightened policies toward the developing world while manipulating the
public on behalf of national security to sustain the warfare state. Now twenty years
after Soviet Union's demise, defense budgets are higher than during the Cold War.
As he observes, more than six decades of militaristic mobilization for stabilizing
a turbulent world have firmly entrenched the state of war as a state of mind for our
nation. Collectively, Koistinen's five-volume opus provides an unparalleled analysis
of the economics of America's wars from the colonial period to the present, illuminating
its impact upon the nation's military campaigns, foreign policy, and domestic life
Sujet(s) : Guerre -- Aspect économique -- États-Unis -- 1945-....
Industries de défense -- États-Unis -- 1945-....
Politique économique -- États-Unis -- 1945-....
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780700618743 (cloth) (alk. paper). - ISBN 0700618740 (cloth) (alk. paper)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb436546070
Notice n° :
FRBNF43654607
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