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Irrational Security : The Politics of Defense from Reagan to Obama.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010Copyright date: ©2010Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (254 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780801898426
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Irrational SecurityDDC classification:
  • 355/.033073
LOC classification:
  • UA23 .W49 2010
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface -- 1 IRRATIONAL SECURITY -- 2 AFTER THE COLD WAR: From Buildup to Bottom-Up -- 3 WHAT COMES DOWN MUST GO UP: Clinton and the Politics of Military Spending -- 4 FROM AMBITION TO EMPIRE: Bush and Military Policy before and after 9/11 -- 5 HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT: The Bush Military Buildup -- 6 PAYING THE PRICE: From Bush to Obama -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
Summary: military policy from the end of the Cold War through the beginning of the Obama presidency provides a clear picture of why the United States is militarily powerful but "otherwise insecure.".
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Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface -- 1 IRRATIONAL SECURITY -- 2 AFTER THE COLD WAR: From Buildup to Bottom-Up -- 3 WHAT COMES DOWN MUST GO UP: Clinton and the Politics of Military Spending -- 4 FROM AMBITION TO EMPIRE: Bush and Military Policy before and after 9/11 -- 5 HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT: The Bush Military Buildup -- 6 PAYING THE PRICE: From Bush to Obama -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.

military policy from the end of the Cold War through the beginning of the Obama presidency provides a clear picture of why the United States is militarily powerful but "otherwise insecure.".

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