Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations
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Category : Government ownership
Languages : en
Pages : 580
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Investigation Into Commercial and Industrial-type Activities in the Federal Government
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations
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Category : Government ownership
Languages : en
Pages : 1868
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Category : Government ownership
Languages : en
Pages : 1868
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Investigation Into Commercial and Industrial-Type Activities in the Federal Government
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee
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Category : Defense industries
Languages : en
Pages : 1766
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Focuses on Federal agency competition with private industry.
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Category : Defense industries
Languages : en
Pages : 1766
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Focuses on Federal agency competition with private industry.
CIS US Congressional Committee Hearings Index: 83rd Congress-85th Congress, 1953-1958 (5 v.)
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 670
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 670
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Investigation Into Commercial and Industrial Type Activities in the Federal Government
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Intermediate Report of the Committee on Government Operations
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations
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Languages : en
Pages : 556
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Languages : en
Pages : 556
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Report
Author: United States. Congress. House
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 2186
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 2186
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CIS US Congressional Committee Hearings Index: 83rd Congress-85th Congress, 1953-1958 (5 v.)
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 664
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 664
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In the Shadow of the Garrison State
Author: Aaron L. Friedberg
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400842913
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 416
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War--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 1960s 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.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400842913
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
War--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 1960s 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.
Committee Prints
Author: United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Small Business
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1076
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1076
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Reports and Documents
Author: United States. Congress
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Languages : en
Pages : 1332
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Languages : en
Pages : 1332
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