In the shadow of war : the United States since the 1930's /
In this magisterial book, a prize-winning historian shows how war has defined modern America. Michael Sherry argues that America's intense preoccupation with war emerged on the eve of World War II, marking a turning point as important as the Revolution, the end of the frontier, and other waters...
| Основен автор: | Sherry, Michael S., 1945- |
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| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
New Haven :
Yale University Press,
c1995.
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Book review (H-Net) |
Съдържание:
- I. The militarization of America:
- 1. Emergence, 1933-1941
- 2. Triumph, 1941-1945
- 3. Consolidation, 1945-1953
- 4. The uneasy balance, 1953-1961
- 5. The crisis of militarization, 1961-1966
- II. The reshaping of American militarization:
- 6. The war mentality in triumph, 1966-1974
- 7. Back to the future, 1975-1981
- 8. The illusory remilitarization, 1981-1988
- 9. A farewell to militarization? 1988-1995