This text addresses a central paradox in American governance: the rise of a national security state coincided with a relatively weak federal structure. It argues that on the political home front World War II represented the victory of the warfare state over the nascent New Deal welfare state.
This text addresses a central paradox in American governance: the rise of a national security state coincided with a relatively weak federal structure...
American involvement in World War II greatly transformed U.S. civil-military relations by propelling the U.S. military into a prominent position within the national government. The war established new linkages and a new unity between key civilian and military personnel. And these new civil-military relations became institutionalized with the postwar creation of the national security state. Waddell explores these new developments and examines how they affected the very nature of American governmental power.
War is considered the most significant influence on building and transforming...
American involvement in World War II greatly transformed U.S. civil-military relations by propelling the U.S. military into a prominent position wi...
A decorated World War I veteran, Federal Judge Robert P. Patterson knew all too well the needs of soldiers on the battlefield. He was thus dismayed by America's lack of military preparedness when a second great war engulfed Europe in 1939-40. With the international crisis worsening, Patterson even resumed military training--as a forty-nine-yearold private--before being named assistant secretary of war in July 1940. That appointment set the stage for Patterson's central role in the country's massive mobilization and supply effort which helped the Allies win World War...
A decorated World War I veteran, Federal Judge Robert P. Patterson knew all too well the needs of soldiers on the battlefield. He was thus dismaye...
