American Warfare State The Domestic Politics of Military Spending

Name: American Warfare State The Domestic Politics of Military Spending
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ISBN: 9780226124070

ISBN-10: 022612407X

ISBN-13: 9780226124070

Edition: 2014

Authors: Rebecca U. Thorpe

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How is it that the United Statesa country founded on a distrust of standing armies and strong centralized powercame to have the most powerful military in history? Long after World War II and the end of the Cold War, in times of rising national debt and reduced need for high levels of military readiness, why does Congress still continue to support massive defense budgets? In The American Warfare State, Rebecca U. Thorpe argues that there are profound relationships among the size and persistence of the American military complex, the growth in presidential power to launch military actions, and the decline of congressional willingness to check this power. The public costs of military…

Book details

List price: $31.00
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 4/16/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 248
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English