The war state the Cold War Origins of the military-industrial complex and the power elite, 1945-1963 / Michael Swanson.

By:

Swanson, Michael

Material type:

TextPublisher: North Charleston, South Carolina : Createspace, 2013Description: xii, 412 pages ; 21 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781484080764

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

22 973.9

Contents:

Introduction -- Pt. 1. The Emergence of the War State -- Ch. 1. The Rise of the Military-Industrial Complex and the Power Elite -- Ch. 2. The Atomic Bomb and the Cold War -- Ch. 3. Capitalism's Invisible Army (CIA) and World Order -- Ch. 4. Constitutional Principles Displaced by Iron Triangles -- Pt. 2. The Permanent Government -- Ch. 5. John F. Kennedy Faces the Permanent Government -- Ch. 6. Targeting Everything Red -- Ch. 7. Khrushchev, Kennedy and the Killing Machines -- Ch. 8. Conclusion - A Twenty-First Century Empire of Debt.

Summary: Today when you factor in the interest on the national debt from past wars and total defense expenditures the United States spends almost 40% of its federal budget on the military. It accounts for over 46% of the total world arms spending. Before World War II it spent almost nothing on defense and hardly anyone paid any income taxes. You can't have big wars without big government. Such big expenditures are now threatening to harm the national economy. How did this situation come to be? In this book you'll learn how in the critical twenty years after World War II, the United States changed from being a continental democratic republic to a global imperial superpower. Since then nothing has ever been the same again. In this book you will discover this secret history of the United States that formed the basis of the world we live today.

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	Marbella International University Centre Library	973.9 SWA war (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	12195

Browsing Marbella International University Centre shelves,Shelving location: Library Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)

Previous								Next
Previous	961.03 BAL ori The origins of the Libyan nation :	973 D'S ame America :	973 ZIN peo A people's history of the United States :	973.9 SWA war The war state	973.932092 JOH mak The making of Donald Trump /	CD 1 English file.	CD 1 English file.	Next

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction --
Pt. 1. The Emergence of the War State --
Ch. 1. The Rise of the Military-Industrial Complex and the Power Elite --
Ch. 2. The Atomic Bomb and the Cold War --
Ch. 3. Capitalism's Invisible Army (CIA) and World Order --
Ch. 4. Constitutional Principles Displaced by Iron Triangles --
Pt. 2. The Permanent Government --
Ch. 5. John F. Kennedy Faces the Permanent Government --
Ch. 6. Targeting Everything Red --
Ch. 7. Khrushchev, Kennedy and the Killing Machines --
Ch. 8. Conclusion - A Twenty-First Century Empire of Debt.

Today when you factor in the interest on the national debt from past wars and total defense expenditures the United States spends almost 40% of its federal budget on the military. It accounts for over 46% of the total world arms spending. Before World War II it spent almost nothing on defense and hardly anyone paid any income taxes. You can't have big wars without big government. Such big expenditures are now threatening to harm the national economy. How did this situation come to be?
In this book you'll learn how in the critical twenty years after World War II, the United States changed from being a continental democratic republic to a global imperial superpower. Since then nothing has ever been the same again. In this book you will discover this secret history of the United States that formed the basis of the world we live today.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

Click on an image to view it in the image viewer