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For Might and Right: Cold War Defense Spending and the Remaking of American Democracy

For Might and Right: Cold War Defense Spending and the Remaking of American Democracy

Brenes, Michael

Hardcover

Series: Culture and Politics in the Cold War and Beyond

20th Century United States HistoryArmed ForcesGeneral Political Science

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ISBN10: 1625345216
ISBN13: 9781625345219
Publisher: Univ Of Massachusetts Pr
Published: Oct 30 2020
Pages: 272
Language: English
How did the global Cold War influence American politics at home? For Might and Right traces the story of how Cold War defense spending remade participatory politics, producing a powerful and dynamic political coalition that reached across party lines. This Cold War coalition favored massive defense spending over social welfare programs, bringing together a diverse array of actors from across the nation, including defense workers, community boosters, military contractors, current and retired members of the armed services, activists, and politicians. Faced with neoliberal austerity and uncertainty surrounding America's foreign policy after the 1960s, increased military spending became a bipartisan solution to create jobs and stimulate economic growth, even in the absence of national security threats.

Using a rich array of archival sources, Michael Brenes draws important connections between economic inequality and American militarism that enhance our understanding of the Cold War's continued impact on American democracy and the resilience of the military-industrial complex, up to the age of Donald Trump.

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