Stuart Creating the National Security State

A History of the Law That Transformed America
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Autoren/Hrsg.

Stuart, Douglas

Stuart, Douglas T.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Staatsbürgerkunde, Staatsbürgerschaft, Zivilgesellschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix

ABBREVIATIONS xi

INTRODUCTION 1

CHAPTER ONE: A Farewell to Normalcy 12

CHAPTER TWO: "One Man Is Responsible": Managing National Security during World War II 43

CHAPTER THREE: Marshall's Plan: The Battle over Postwar Unification of the Armed Forces 73

CHAPTER FOUR: Eberstadt's Plan: "Active, Intimate and Continuous Relationships" 109

CHAPTER FIVE: Connecting the Domestic Ligaments of National Security 144

CHAPTER SIX: From the National Military Establishment to The Office of the Secretary of Defense 180

CHAPTER SEVEN: Closing the Phalanx: The Establishment of the NSC and the CIA, 1947-1960 230

CONCLUSION 274

NOTES 289

INDEX 335

Über Autor(innen)

Douglas T. Stuart holds the J. William Stuart and Helen D. Stuart Chair in International Studies at Dickinson College. He is also an adjunct professor at the U.S. Army War College. His books include The Limits of Alliance: NATO Out-of-Area Problems since 1949 and Organizing for National Security.