Preface and acknowledgements
1. The National Security discourse: ideology, political culture and state making
2. Magna Charta: the National Security Act and the specter of the Garrison state
3. The high price of peace: guns-and-butter politics in the early Cold War
4. The time tax: American political culture and the UMT debate
5. 'Chaos and conflict and carnage confounded': budget battles and defense reorganization
6. Preparing for permanent war: economy, science and secrecy in the National Security state
7. Turning point: NSC-68, the Korean war and the National Security response
8. Semiwar: the Korean war and rearmament
9. The Iron Cross: solvency, security and the Eisenhower transition
10. Other voices: the public sphere and the National Security mentality
11. Conclusion
Selected bibliography
Index.
