Buildup : The Politics of Defense in the Reagan Era /
Wirls, Daniel
Buildup : The Politics of Defense in the Reagan Era / Daniel Wirls. - 1 online resource (280 p.)
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Defense Policy and Domestic Politics -- 1. Continuity and Change in Cold War Politics -- 2. Military Policy and the Reagan Revolution -- 3. The Rise of the Nuclear Weapons Peace Movement -- 4. The Origins of Military Reform -- 5. The Nuclear Freeze Campaign and the Democratic Party -- 6. The Strategic Defense Initiative -- 7. Congressional Procurement Reform -- 8. From Buildup to Build-down -- Bibliography -- Index
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The eight-year Reagan presidency not only initiated the largest peacetime military buildup in American history, but also altered traditional partisan alignments and revised the policy agenda of the welfare state. In his insightful book, Daniel Wirls clarifies the relationship between defense policy and domestic policy during this period of significant political change when he examines three defense policies, the political coalitions behind them, and their interactions.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781501738074
10.7591/9781501738074 doi
Political Science & Political History.
U.S. History.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
Buildup : The Politics of Defense in the Reagan Era / Daniel Wirls. - 1 online resource (280 p.)
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Defense Policy and Domestic Politics -- 1. Continuity and Change in Cold War Politics -- 2. Military Policy and the Reagan Revolution -- 3. The Rise of the Nuclear Weapons Peace Movement -- 4. The Origins of Military Reform -- 5. The Nuclear Freeze Campaign and the Democratic Party -- 6. The Strategic Defense Initiative -- 7. Congressional Procurement Reform -- 8. From Buildup to Build-down -- Bibliography -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
The eight-year Reagan presidency not only initiated the largest peacetime military buildup in American history, but also altered traditional partisan alignments and revised the policy agenda of the welfare state. In his insightful book, Daniel Wirls clarifies the relationship between defense policy and domestic policy during this period of significant political change when he examines three defense policies, the political coalitions behind them, and their interactions.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781501738074
10.7591/9781501738074 doi
Political Science & Political History.
U.S. History.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.