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The Politics Of National Security - From World War Ii To The War On Terrorism
Basic Books
January 2010
On Sale: December 28, 2009
592 pages ISBN: 0465015077 EAN: 9780465015078 Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
It has long been a truism that prior to George W. Bush,
politics stopped at the water’s edge—that is, that
partisanship had no place in national security. In Arsenal
of Democracy, historian Julian E. Zelizer shows this to be
demonstrably false: partisan fighting has always shaped
American foreign policy and the issue of national security
has always been part of our domestic conflicts. Based on
original archival findings, Arsenal of Democracy offers new
insights into nearly every major national security issue
since the beginning of the cold war: from FDR’s masterful
management of World War II to the partisanship that scarred
John F. Kennedy during the Cuban Missile Crisis, from Ronald
Reagan’s fight against Communism to George W. Bush’s
controversial War on Terror. A definitive account of the
complex interaction between domestic politics and foreign
affairs over the last six decades, Arsenal of Democracy is
essential reading for anyone interested in the politics of
national security.
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