Creating the National Security State A History of the Law That Transformed America

Name: Creating the National Security State A History of the Law That Transformed America
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ISBN: 9780691155470

ISBN-10: 069115547X

ISBN-13: 9780691155470

Edition: 2008

Authors: Douglas Stuart

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For the last sixty years, American foreign and defense policymaking has been dominated by a network of institutions created by one piece of legislation--the 1947 National Security Act. This is the definitive study of the intense political and bureaucratic struggles that surrounded the passage and initial implementation of the law. Focusing on the critical years from 1937 to 1960, Douglas Stuart shows how disputes over the lessons of Pearl Harbor and World War II informed the debates that culminated in the legislation, and how the new national security agencies were subsequently transformed by battles over missions, budgets, and influence during the early cold war.Stuart provides an in-depth…

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List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 7/3/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 360
Size: 6.26" wide x 9.13" long x 0.77" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

Douglas Stuart is Vice President of Technical and Marketing Publications at FirstTel Systems Corporation.



Acknowledgments


Abbreviations


Introduction



A Farewell to Normalcy



"One Man Is Responsible": Managing National Security during World War II



Marshall's Plan: The Battle over Postwar Unification of the Armed Forces



Eberstadt's Plan: "Active, Intimate and Continuous Relationships"



Connecting the Domestic Ligaments of National Security



From the National Military Establishment to The Office of the Secretary of Defense



Closing the Phalanx: The Establishment of the NSC and the CIA, 1947-1960


Conclusion


Notes


Index