TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wirls,Daniel
TI  - Irrational Security: The Politics of Defense from Reagan to Obama
SN  - 9780801898426
AV  - UA23 .W49 2010 
U1  - 355/.033073 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Baltimore
PB  - Johns Hopkins University Press
KW  - United States.-Department of Defense-Appropriations and expenditures
KW  - National security-United States-History-20th century
KW  - National security-United States-History-21st century
KW  - Military spending
KW  - United States-Military policy
KW  - United States-Armed Forces-Appropriations and expenditures
KW  - United States-Appropriations and expenditures
KW  - United States-Politics and government
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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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