Arming America through the Centuries (eBook)

War, Business, and Building a National Security State

Benjamin Franklin Cooling (Autor)

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2022 | 1
504 Seiten
University of Tennessee Press (Verlag)
9781621905875 (ISBN)

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While many associate the concept commonly referred to as the ';military-industrial complex' with President Dwight D. Eisenhower's 1961 farewell address, the roots of it existed two hundred years earlier. This concept, as Benjamin Franklin Cooling writes, was ';part of historical lore' as a burgeoning American nation discovered the inextricable relationship between arms and the State. InArming America through the Centuries,Cooling examines the origins and development of the military-industrial complex (MIC) over the course of American history. He argues that the evolution of America's military-industrial-business-political experience is the basis for a contemporary American Sparta. Cooling explores the influence of industry on security, the increasing prevalence of outsourcing, ever-present economic and political influence, and the evolving nature of modern warfare. He connects the budding military-industrial relations of the colonial era and Industrial Revolution to their formal interdependence during the Cold War down to the present-day resurrection of Great Power competition. Across eight chronological chapters, Cooling weaves together threads of industry, finance, privatization, appropriations, and technology to create a rich historical tapestry of US national defense in one comprehensive volume. Integrating information from both recent works as well as canonical, older sources, Cooling's ambitious single-volume synthesis is a uniquely accessible and illuminating survey not only for scholars and policymakers but for students and general readers as well.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.9.2022
• Reihe/Serie: Legacies of War
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management
• Schlagworte: Accessible scholarship • American Civil War • American History • American militarism • appropriations • arms and the State • Benjamin Franklin Cooling • Civil-Military Relations • Civil War • Cold War • Colonial era • defense industry • Dwight D. Eisenhower • Economic Influence • great power competition • GWOT • Historical Analysis • Historical Development • Industrial Revolution • MIC • Military Industrial Complex • Military-Industrial Complex • military-industrial relations • Military Strategy • MIPC • modern warfare • national defense • national security • national security state • Outsourcing • Political Economy • Political influence • President Eisenhower • Privatization • security industry • synthesis of sources • technology in warfare • terrorism • The Great War • US defense policy • warfare • War on Terror • World War I • World War II • wwi • WWII
• ISBN-13: 9781621905875 / 9781621905875