The Rise of the American Security State
The National Security Act of 1947 and the Militarization of U.S. Foreign Policy
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Product details:
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
- Date of Publication 22 February 2024
- Number of Volumes Paperback
- ISBN 9798765121078
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages232 pages
- Size 232x154x14 mm
- Weight 360 g
- Language English 531
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Long description:
This book examines the impact of the National Security Act of 1947, the most important foreign policy legislation that many Americans (including policymakers and academics) have never heard of.
Since September 11, 2001, the White House-under both Bush and Obama-has pushed the envelope of taking the United States to war (without declarations), interrogating prisoners of war, spying on potential threats, and acting unilaterally. Why have these trends occurred? How has the apex of foreign power shifted, causing a sea change that has fueled a continual turf war between Capitol Hill and the White House? And perhaps most critically, what is America's role in the world now, and what should it be?
The Rise of the American Security State: The National Security Act of 1947 and the Militarization of U.S. Foreign Policy argues that the National Security Act of 1947 and the early Cold War created a bipartisan consensus among U.S. policymakers that spanned several administrations. The result of this consensus and the National Security Act was the creation of permanent institutions: the permanent Defense Department with a secretary of defense; the intelligence community, which has grown to 17 agencies; and significantly, the National Security Council inside the presidency. Collectively, these three developments have led to the militarization of U.S. foreign policy. Readers will grasp how concepts and strategies that were in their infancy during the Cold War era have persisted and continued to affect today's U.S. foreign policy.
Table of Contents:
Part I: U.S. Foreign Policy and the Rise of the American Security State
1 Understanding U.S. Foreign Policy
2 The Cold War, the Cold War Consensus, and the National Security Act of 1947
Part II: Case Studies from the Cold War
3 The Early Cold War: The 1950s
4 The Main Cold War Years: 1960s-1980s
5 The Transition from the Cold War to the Post-Cold War Period
Part III: The Rise of the American Security State
6 What the National Security Act Has Meant for U.S. Foreign Policy
7 The National Security Act and the Militarization of U.S. Foreign Policy
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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