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The American Warfare State: The Domestic Politics of Military Spending - Chicago Series on International and Domestic Institutions Rebecca U. Thorpe
The American Warfare State: The Domestic Politics of Military Spending - Chicago Series on International and Domestic Institutions
Rebecca U. Thorpe
How is it that the United States - a country founded on a distrust of standing armies and strong centralized power - came to have the most powerful military in history? This book argues that there are profound relationships among the size and persistence of the American military complex, and growth in presidential power to launch military actions.
248 pages, 4 halftones, 19 line drawings, 6 tables
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | April 16, 2014 |
| ISBN13 | 9780226123912 |
| Publishers | The University of Chicago Press |
| Pages | 248 |
| Dimensions | 159 × 239 × 22 mm · 490 g |
| Language | English |