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040 _aMIUC
_beng
_cMIUC
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082 0 4 _222
_a973.9
100 1 _aSwanson, Michael
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245 1 4 _aThe war state
_bthe Cold War Origins of the military-industrial complex and the power elite, 1945-1963 /
_cMichael Swanson.
264 1 _aNorth Charleston, South Carolina :
_bCreatespace,
_c2013.
300 _axii, 412 pages ;
_c21 cm.
336 _2rdacontent
_atext
337 _2rdamedia
_aunmediated
338 _2rdacarrier
_avolume
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 _aIntroduction -- 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.
520 _aToday 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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_aMilitary-industrial complex
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century
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_aCold War
_xInfluence
651 0 _9614
_aUnited States
_xEconomic policy
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_aUnited States
_xMilitary policy
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_cBK