Democracy in Exile

Hans Speier and the Rise of the Defense Intellectual

Daniel Bessner (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

312 Seiten

2025
Cornell University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5017-8507-8 (ISBN)

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In Democracy in Exile, Daniel Bessner explores the life of Hans Speier, one of the most significant figures in the history of U.S. defense policy.

Bessner traces Speier's intellectual development from Weimar Germany to the Cold War United States, revealing how his European roots shaped the expert-driven approach to foreign policymaking that American elites institutionalized during and after World War II. A key figure in a transatlantic network of émigré policymakers and analysts, Speier helped establish novel institutions such as the RAND Corporation that transformed how US foreign policy was made.

Democracy in Exile highlights how social scientists like Speier left academia to create a "military-intellectual complex" that insulated American decision making from public opinion and that continues to shape US defense policy today.

Daniel Bessner is the Anne H. H. and Kenneth B. Pyle Assistant Professor in American Foreign Policy in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington.

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Masses and Marxism in Weimar Germany
2. The Social Role of the Intellectual Exile
3. Public Opinion, Propaganda, and Democracy in Crisis
4. Psychological Warfare in Theory and Practice
5. The Making of a Defense Intellectual
6. The Adviser
7. The Institution Builder
8. Social Science and Its Discontents
Conclusion
Abbreviations
Archival and Source Abbreviations
Notes
Archives Cited
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	02.08.2025
Reihe/Serie	The United States in the World
Zusatzinfo	12 b&w halftones, 1 chart - 12 Halftones, black and white - 1 Charts
Verlagsort	Ithaca
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	454 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
ISBN-10	1-5017-8507-9 / 1501785079
ISBN-13	978-1-5017-8507-8 / 9781501785078
Zustand	Neuware