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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA remarkable collection. -- Major Stephanie D. Halcrow, U.S. Air Force Proceedings A valuable resource. The Journal of Cold War Studies A welcome antidote to much of the traditional historiography that takes its cues from the official paradigms of US security policy. -- Thorsten B. Olesen The International History Review Bacevich has produced a volume that illuminates the present as much as it does the past... A fine work of history. -- Marilyn B. Young
Table of ContentsAndrew J. Bacevich * The Pattern of U.S. Civil-Military Relations Since World War II Tami Davis Biddle * U.S. Strategic Forces and Doctrine Since 1945 James Burk * The Changing Moral Contract for Military Service Charles Chatfield * Dissent from the "Long War" Benjamin O. Fordham * Costs and Benefits of Postwar U.S. Military Spending James Kurth * Variations on the American Way of War Anna Kasten Nelson * The Evolution of the National Security State William L. O'Neill * National Security and American Culture Arnold A. Offner * The Ideology of U.S. National Security Policy George H. Quester * The Politics of Conventional Warfare in an Unconventional Age John Prados * Intelligence for Empire Alex Roland * The Military-Industrial Complex
