
The Politics of National Security
Congress and US Defense Policy. A Twentieth-Century Fund Book
Barry M. Blechman(Author)
Oxford University Press Inc
Published on 15. October 1992
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-19-507705-6 (ISBN)
Description
Over the past twenty years, controversy has raged over the greatly expanded role of Congress in the formulation of US national defence policy. Barry Blechman, who served as Assistant Director to the US Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and as a consultant to the Pentagon and numerous congressional committees, here analyses this fundamental shift in US policy-making. Based in part on interviews with Congress members and their staff, the book explains how and why these changes came about and what their consequences have been for the defence of American interests.
Reviews / Votes
Barrys book offers a wide-ranging argument for a politics of engagement and resilience with each other, and with the environment that sustains us, in climate-changed society. It represents the best of critical and applied political theory, incorporating a range of ideas and practices of the academy and civil society into a broad call for a move beyond our unsustainable ways. We may be the people we have been waiting for, as Barry argues, but this is definitely the book weve been waiting for. * Prof. David Schlosberg, Professor of Environmental Politics, University of Sydney * lively and thought-provoking ... well written and stimulating ... a valuable contribution to the literature * International Affairs * valuable, highly readable and often stimulating study which enhances our understanding of Congress's contemporary role in military policy-making * Political Studies *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
382 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-507705-6 (9780195077056)
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E-Book
07/1992
1st Edition
OUP eBook
€44.99
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Persons
Author
President, Defense Forecasts Inc. and ChairmanPresident, Defense Forecasts Inc. and Chairman, Henry L. Stimson Center in Washington, DC
Associate editor