A cross of iron (Harry S. Truman and the origins of the national security state, 1945-1954)
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- Publisher CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
- ISBN13 9780521795371
- ISBN10 0521795370
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- Pages 525
- Published 2000
- Bookbinding Rustic
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Universal History ContemporaryA cross of iron (Harry S. Truman and the origins of the national security state, 1945-1954)
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A Cross of lron 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 contest over the nations political identity and postwar purpose.
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