Arming America Through the Centuries: War, Business, and Building a National Security State by Cooling, Benjamin Franklin
Arming America Through the Centuries: War, Business, and Building a National Security State by Cooling, Benjamin Franklin

Arming America Through the Centuries: War, Business, and Building a National Security State

While many associate the concept commonly referred to as the "military-industrial complex" with President Dwight D. Eisenhower's...
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Author: Benjamin Franklin Cooling
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Arming America Through the Centuries: War, Business, and Building a National Security State by Cooling, Benjamin Franklin

Arming America Through the Centuries: War, Business, and Building a National Security State

€126,74
Arming America Through the Centuries: War, Business, and Building a National Security State by Cooling, Benjamin Franklin

Arming America Through the Centuries: War, Business, and Building a National Security State

€126,74
Author: Benjamin Franklin Cooling
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description

While many associate the concept commonly referred to as the "military-industrial complex" with President Dwight D. Eisenhower's 1961 farewell address, the roots of it existed two hundred years earlier. This concept, as Benjamin Franklin Cooling writes, was "part of historical lore" as a burgeoning American nation discovered the inextricable relationship between arms and the State. In Arming America through the Centuries, Cooling examines the origins and development of the military-industrial complex (MIC) over the course of American history. He argues that the evolution of America's military-industrial-business-political experience is the basis for a contemporary American Sparta. Cooling explores the influence of industry on security, the increasing prevalence of outsourcing, ever-present economic and political influence, and the evolving nature of modern warfare. He connects the budding military-industrial relations of the colonial era and Industrial Revolution to their formal interdependence during the Cold War down to the present-day resurrection of Great Power competition. Across eight chronological chapters, Cooling weaves together threads of industry, finance, privatization, appropriations, and technology to create a rich historical tapestry of US national defense in one comprehensive volume.

Integrating information from both recent works as well as canonical, older sources, Cooling's ambitious single-volume synthesis is a uniquely accessible and illuminating survey not only for scholars and policymakers but for students and general readers as well.



Author: Benjamin Franklin Cooling
Publisher: Univ Tennessee Press
Published: 09/29/2022
Pages: 504
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.90lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.50d
ISBN: 9781621905868

About the Author
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN COOLING is professor of strategy and national security studies in the Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy at National Defense University. He has taught and written extensively on war, business and American society as well as military, naval, and air history.
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