Irrational Security: The Politics of Defense from Reagan to Obama

by Daniel Wirls

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2011 Winner of the Selection for Professional Reading List of the U.S. Marine Corps

The end of the Cold War was supposed to bring a "peace dividend" and the opportunity to redirect military policy in the United States. Instead, according to Daniel Wirls, American politics following the Cold War produced dysfunctional defense policies that were exacerbated by the war on terror. Wirls's critical historical narrative of the politics of defense...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0801894395

ISBN13:9780801894398

Release Date:May 2010

Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press

Length:256 Pages

Weight:0.55 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 5.6" x 9.6"

Related Subjects

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

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