Fordham, Benjamin. <br/><br/>
Building the Cold War Consensus :  The Political Economy of U. S. National Security Policy, 1949-51. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (276 pages) 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> Explains the basis in domestic politics of the political consensus in support of large defense spending in the early stages of the Cold War. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780472023370 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>National security -- United States -- History -- 20th century.<br/>Internal security -- United States -- History -- 20th century.<br/>Cold War.<br/>United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1953.<br/>United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1953.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E813