TY  - BOOK
AU  - Swanson,Michael
TI  - The war state: the Cold War Origins of the military-industrial complex and the power elite, 1945-1963 
SN  - 9781484080764
U1  - 973.9 22
PY  - 2013///
CY  - North Charleston, South Carolina
PB  - Createspace
KW  - Military-industrial complex
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Cold War
KW  - Influence
KW  - Economic policy
KW  - Military policy
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
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