Melvin A Goodman

National Insecurity

The Cost of American Militarism

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Former CIA analyst reveals why pumping more money into US military spending destabilizes both the economy and long-term national security

Produktdetails

• Verlag: City Lights Books
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. März 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 139mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 508g
• ISBN-13: 9780872865891
• ISBN-10: 0872865894
• Artikelnr.: 35363210

Autorenporträt

Melvin A. Goodman served as a senior analyst and Division Chief at the CIA from 1966 to 1990. An expert on U.S. relations with Russia, his writing has appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Harper's, and many others. He is author of six books on US intelligence and international security.

Inhaltsangabe

NATIONAL INSECURITY: THE COST OF AMERICAN MILITARISM
INTRODUCTION TO NATIONAL INSECURITY: THE COST OF AMERICAN MILITARISM
CHAPTER I: PRESIDENT EISENHOWER'S LEGACY
CHAPTER II: PRESIDENT GEORGE H.W. BUSH'S NEW WORLD ORDER
CHAPTER III: PRESIDENT CLINTON'S PROBLEMS WITH THE PENTAGON
CHAPTER IV: PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH AND THE LOST DECADE
CHAPTER V: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S FEAR OF THE PENTAGON
CHAPTER VI: THE PENTAGON'S GRIP ON INTELLIGENCE
CHAPTER VII: THE PENTAGON'S PHANTOM MISSILE DEFENSE
CHAPTER VIII: THE NEED TO REDUCE DEFENSE SPENDING
CHAPTER IX: VISION FOR LONG TERM CHANGE