A Cross of Iron: Harry S. Truman and the Origins of the National Security State, 1945-1954

by Michael J. Hogan

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A Cross of Iron provides the fullest account yet of the national security state that emerged in the first decade of the Cold War. Michael J. Hogan traces the process of state-making through struggles to unify the armed forces, harness science to military purposes, mobilize military manpower, control the defense budget, and distribute the cost of defense across the economy. President Harry S. Truman and his successor were in the middle of a fundamental...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:052164044X

ISBN13:9780521640442

Release Date:August 1998

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:540 Pages

Weight:0.90 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 6.3" x 9.2"

Related Subjects

20th Century History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) National & International Security Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Social Sciences World

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