Title Building the Cold War consensus : the political economy of U.S. national security policy, 1949-51 / Benjamin O. Fordham

Published Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [1998]

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Description 1 online resource Contents The domestic political economy and U.S. national security policy -- The politics of rearmament in the executive branch I : the fiscal 1951 budget -- The politics of rearmament in the executive branch II : NSC 68 and rearmament -- The political and economic sources of divergent foreign policy preferences in the Senate, 1949-51 -- The conflictual politics of consensus building I : Korea, rearmament, and the end of the Fair Deal -- The conflictual politics of consensus building II : the development of the internal security program -- The conflictual politics of consensus building III : rearmament and the red scare -- Conclusion : domestic politics and theories of national security policy Summary "Using a statistical analysis of the economic sources of support and opposition to the Truman administration's foreign policy and a historical account of the crucial period between the summer of 1949 and the winter of 1951, Fordham integrates the political struggle over NSC 68, the decision to intervene in the Korean War, and congressional debates over the Fair Deal, McCarthyism, and military spending. The Truman administration's policy was politically successful not only because it appealed to internationally oriented sectors of the U.S. economy, but also because it was linked to domestic policies favored by domestically oriented, labor-sensitive sectors that would otherwise have opposed it." "This interpretation of Cold War foreign policy will appeal to political scientists and historians concerned with the origins of the Cold War, American social welfare policy, McCarthyism, and the Korean War. The theoretical argument that Fordham advances will be of interest broadly to scholars of U.S. foreign policy, American politics, and international relations theory."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Description based on print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject National security -- United States -- History -- 20th century Internal security -- United States -- History -- 20th century Cold War. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General. HISTORY -- General. Internal security Diplomatic relations National security Politics and government Veiligheidspolitiek. Bewapening. Politieke aspecten. Sûreté de l'État -- États-Unis. Sécurité internationale. Guerre froide. Sûreté de l'Etat -- Etats-Unis -- 1945-1970. Sécurite nationale -- Aspect économique -- Etats-Unis -- 1945-1970. SUBJECT United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1953. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140097 United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1953. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140466 Subject United States Etats-Unis -- Politique et gouvernement. Etats-Unis -- Relations extérieures. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2020707003 ISBN 9780472023370 0472023373 1282638874 9781282638877 9786612638879 6612638877

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