Building the Cold War consensus the political economy of U.S. national security policy, 1949-51 /

Fordham, Benjamin O.

Building the Cold War consensus the political economy of U.S. national security policy, 1949-51 / [electronic resource] : Benjamin O. Fordham. - Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2001, c1998. - x, 265 p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-251) and indexes.

The domestic political economy and U.S. national security policy -- The politics of rearmament in the executive branch I : the fiscal 1951 budget -- The politics of rearmament in the executive branch II : NSC 68 and rearmament -- The political and economic sources of divergent foreign policy preferences in the Senate, 1949-51 -- The conflictual politics of consensus building I : Korea, rearmament, and the end of the Fair Deal -- The conflictual politics of consensus building II : the development of the internal security program -- The conflictual politics of consensus building III : rearmament and the red scare -- Conclusion : domestic politics and theories of national security policy.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780472023370 (electronic bk.)




National security--History--United States--20th century.
Internal security--History--United States--20th century.
Cold War.


United States--Foreign relations--1945-1953.
United States--Politics and government--1945-1953.


Electronic books.

E813 / .F55 2001

327.73/009/045