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military policy from the end of the Cold War through the beginning of the Obama presidency provides a clear picture of why the United States is militarily powerful but otherwise insecure.

Trade Review
A provocative thesis, with impressive statistics, charts, and numbers in support and a narrative accessible to the intelligent, informed lay reader. Choice 2010 This volume is an important contribution to a growing literature on the dysfunctional nature of national-security politics in the United States. Survival 2010

Table of Contents

List of Figures
Preface
1. Irrational Security
2. After the Cold War: From Buildup to Bottom-Up
3. What Comes Down Must Go Up: Clinton and the Politics of Military Spending
4. From Ambition to Empire: Bush and Military Policy before and after 9/11
5. Hidden in Plain Sight: The Bush Military Buildup
6. Paying the Price: From Bush to Obama
Notes
Index

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      Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
      Published 26 June 2010
      ISBN-13 9780801894398
      978-0801894398
      ISBN-10 0801894395
      Also in:
      International relations Warfare and defence

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      military policy from the end of the Cold War through the beginning of the Obama presidency provides a clear picture of why the United States is militarily powerful but otherwise insecure.

      Trade Review
      A provocative thesis, with impressive statistics, charts, and numbers in support and a narrative accessible to the intelligent, informed lay reader. Choice 2010 This volume is an important contribution to a growing literature on the dysfunctional nature of national-security politics in the United States. Survival 2010

      Table of Contents

      List of Figures
      Preface
      1. Irrational Security
      2. After the Cold War: From Buildup to Bottom-Up
      3. What Comes Down Must Go Up: Clinton and the Politics of Military Spending
      4. From Ambition to Empire: Bush and Military Policy before and after 9/11
      5. Hidden in Plain Sight: The Bush Military Buildup
      6. Paying the Price: From Bush to Obama
      Notes
      Index

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