For Might and Right
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aerospace industry expansion
American capitalism and warfare
American empire and inequality
American exceptionalism and power
American foreign policy
American liberalism
arms race and economic growth
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bipartisan support for military budgets
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Cold War
Cold War consensus politics
Cold War domestic politics
congressional-military alliances
conservatism
corporate influence in Washington
defense contracts and political power
defense spending
defense-driven suburbanization
economic dependence on defense
economic inequality
economic inequality and security
economic nationalism
economic security vs. social welfare
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global conflict and domestic impact
government spending priorities
ideological shifts in national policy
industrial modernization
industrial policy and militarization
labor and defense jobs
militarized labor markets
military buildup and social programs
military Keynesianism
military spending
military-industrial complex
national defense infrastructure
national security economy
neoliberalism and public policy
Pentagon spending
political coalitions
political economy of American defense
political lobbying by defense firms
political realignment in late twentieth century
post-Vietnam defense policy
postwar American economy
public-private partnerships in defense
regional defense economies
regional economies and military bases
technocracy and governance
the politics of fear and prosperity
U.S. budget politics
U.S. defense industry history
U.S. foreign policy legacy
veterans and political influence
war economy and democracy
wartime production legacy
Product details
- ISBN 9781625345226
- Weight: 440g
- Dimensions: 152 x 228mm
- Publication Date: 30 Oct 2020
- Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
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.
Michael Brenes is associate director of the Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy and lecturer in history at Yale University.
