Apocalypse Management: Eisenhower and the Discourse of National Insecurity
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For eight years President Dwight Eisenhower claimed to pursue peace and national security. Yet his policies entrenched the United States in a seemingly permanent cold war, a spiraling nuclear arms race, and a deepening state of national insecurity. Ira Chernus uncovers the key to this paradox in Eisenhower's unwavering commitment to a consistent way of talking, in private as well as in public, about the cold war rivalry. Contrary to what most historians...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0804758077
ISBN13:9780804758079
Release Date:February 2008
Publisher:Stanford University Press
Length:328 Pages
Weight:1.30 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.4" x 9.0"
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