Building the Cold War Consensus : The Political Economy of U. S. National Security Policy, 1949-51.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- 1. The Domestic Political Economy and U.S. National Security Policy -- 2. The Politics of Rearmament in the Executive Branch I: The Fiscal 1951 Budget -- 3. The Politics of Rearmament in the Executive Branch II: NSC 68 and Rearmament -- 4. The Political and Economic Sources of Divergent Foreign Policy Preferences in the Senate, 1949−51 -- 5. The Conflictual Politics of Consensus Building I: Korea, Rearmament, and the End of the Fair Deal -- 6. The Conflictual Politics of Consensus Building II: The Development of the Internal Security Program -- 7. The Conflictual Politics of Consensus Building III: Rearmament and the Red Scare -- 8. Conclusion: Domestic Politics and Theories of National Security Policy -- Appendix: Data Collection -- Notes -- References -- Name Index -- Subject Index.

Explains the basis in domestic politics of the political consensus in support of large defense spending in the early stages of the Cold War.

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