Long war : a new history of U.S. national security policy since world war II /
edited by Andrew J. Bacevich
- New York, NY : Columbia University Press, 2007.
- xiv, 586 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1989- Summary "Essays by a diverse and distinguished group of historians, political scientists, and sociologists examine the alarms, emergencies, controversies, and confusions that have characterized America's Cold War, the post-Cold War interval of the 1990s, and today's "Global War on Terror." This "Long War" has left its imprint on virtually every aspect of American life; by considering it as a whole, The Long War is the first volume to take a truly comprehensive look at America's response to the national-security crisis touched off by the events of World War II."--BOOK JACKET.
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NATIONAL SECURITY --UNITED STATES UNITED STATES --MILITARY POLICY UNITED STATES --POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT --1945-1989