TY - BOOK AU - BACEVICH Andrew J.(editor) TI - Long war: a new history of U.S. national security policy since world war II SN - 9780231131599 (pbk.) : CY - New York, NY : Columbia University Press, 2007. KW - NATIONAL SECURITY KW - UNITED STATES KW - MILITARY POLICY KW - POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT KW - 1945-1989 N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - 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 ER -