| Description |
461 pages ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-432) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: American militarism, costs and consequences -- President Eisenhower's legacy -- President George H.W. Bush's New World Order -- Clinton's problems with the Pentagon -- Bush's surrender to the Pentagon -- President Obama's deference to the military -- The Pentagon's grip on the intelligence community -- The Pentagon's phantom missile defense -- Defense spending: Eisenhower's "cross of iron" -- What needs to be done. |
| Summary |
Upon leaving the White House in 1961, President Eisenhower famously warned Americans about the dangers of a "military industrial complex," and was clearly worried about the destabilizing effects of a national economy based on outsized investments in military spending. As more and more Americans fall into poverty and the global economy spirals downward, the United States is spending more on the military than ever before. What are the consequences and what can be done? Melvin A. Goodman, a twenty-four-year veteran of the CIA, brings peerless authority to his argument that US military spending is indeed making Americans poorer and less secure while undermining our political standing in the world. Drawing from his firsthand experience with war planners and intelligence strategists, Goodman offers an insider's critique of the US military economy from President's Eisenhower's farewell warning to Barack Obama's expansion of the military's power. He outlines a much needed vision for how to alter our military policy, practices, and spending in order to better position the United States globally and enhance prosperity and security at home. Melvin A. Goodman is the Director of the National Security Project at the Center for International Policy. A former professor of international security at the National War College and an intelligence adviser to strategic disarmament talks in the 1970s, he is the author of several books, including the critically acclaimed The Failure of Intelligence.-- Provided by publisher. |
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United States -- Military policy.
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Militarism -- United States.
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National security -- United States.
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National security -- United States -- Decision making -- History.
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United States -- Military policy -- Decision making -- History.
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Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 -- Influence.
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Weapons systems -- Government policy -- United States.
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Military bases, American -- Foreign countries.
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United States -- Foreign relations.
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Strategy.
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| Added Title |
Cost of American militarism |
| ISBN |
9780872865891: $19.95 |
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0872865894 |
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