LEADER 04953nam 2200757 a 450 001 9910461815603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-38010-2 010 $a9786613380104 010 $a1-4008-4291-3 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400842919 035 $a(CKB)2670000000139830 035 $a(EBL)831882 035 $a(OCoLC)769344467 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000575959 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11408628 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000575959 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10553380 035 $a(PQKB)11088350 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC831882 035 $a(OCoLC)774690971 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse43238 035 $a(DE-B1597)453620 035 $a(OCoLC)979905295 035 $a(OCoLC)984642829 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400842919 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL831882 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10522530 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL338010 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000139830 100 $a19991012d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIn the shadow of the garrison state$b[electronic resource] $eAmerica's anti-statism and its Cold War grand strategy /$fAaron L. Friedberg 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$dc2000 215 $a1 online resource (381 p.) 225 1 $aPrinceton studies in American politics 225 1 $aPrinceton studies in international history and politics 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-07865-3 311 $a0-691-04890-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tLIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES --$tACKNOWLEDGMENTS --$tINTRODUCTION --$tCHAPTER ONE Statism, Anti-Statism, and American Political Development --$tCHAPTER TWO: The Cold War Founding --$tCHAPTER THREE: The American Strategic Synthesis --$tCHAPTER FOUR: Money --$tCHAPTER FIVE: Manpower --$tCHAPTER SIX: Supporting Industries --$tCHAPTER SEVEN: Arms --$tCHAPTER EIGHT: Technology --$tCHAPTER NINE: Conclusions --$tINDEX 330 $aWar--or the threat of war--usually strengthens states as governments tax, draft soldiers, exert control over industrial production, and dampen internal dissent in order to build military might. The United States, however, was founded on the suspicion of state power, a suspicion that continued to gird its institutional architecture and inform the sentiments of many of its politicians and citizens through the twentieth century. In this comprehensive rethinking of postwar political history, Aaron Friedberg convincingly argues that such anti-statist inclinations prevented Cold War anxieties from transforming the United States into the garrison state it might have become in their absence. Drawing on an array of primary and secondary sources, including newly available archival materials, Friedberg concludes that the "weakness" of the American state served as a profound source of national strength that allowed the United States to outperform and outlast its supremely centralized and statist rival: the Soviet Union. Friedberg's analysis of the U. S. government's approach to taxation, conscription, industrial planning, scientific research and development, and armaments manufacturing reveals that the American state did expand during the early Cold War period. But domestic constraints on its expansion--including those stemming from mean self-interest as well as those guided by a principled belief in the virtues of limiting federal power--protected economic vitality, technological superiority, and public support for Cold War activities. The strategic synthesis that emerged by the early 1960's was functional as well as stable, enabling the United States to deter, contain, and ultimately outlive the Soviet Union precisely because the American state did not limit unduly the political, personal, and economic freedom of its citizens. Political scientists, historians, and general readers interested in Cold War history will value this thoroughly researched volume. Friedberg's insightful scholarship will also inspire future policy by contributing to our understanding of how liberal democracy's inherent qualities nurture its survival and spread. 410 0$aPrinceton studies in American politics. 410 0$aPrinceton studies in international history and politics. 606 $aPower (Social sciences) 606 $aState, The 606 $aPolitical science 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPower (Social sciences) 615 0$aState, The. 615 0$aPolitical science. 676 $a320.1/01 700 $aFriedberg$b Aaron L.$f1956-$01047415 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461815603321 996 $aIn the shadow of the garrison state$92474997 997 $aUNINA