TY - BOOK AU - Bolton,M.Kent TI - The rise of the American security state: the National Security Act of 1947 and the militarization of U.S. foreign policy T2 - Praeger security international SN - 9798765121078 AV - E183.7 .B65 2024 PY - 2024/// CY - Santa Barbara, California PB - Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC KW - United States KW - National Security Act of 1947 KW - Security, International KW - Foreign relations KW - 20th century KW - Military policy KW - History KW - Defenses KW - local KW - Print books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Understanding U.S. foreign policy -- The Cold War, the Cold-War consenus, and the National Security Act of 1947 -- The early Cold War: the 1950s -- The main Cold War years: 1960s-1980s -- The transition from the Cold War and the post-Cold War period -- What the National Security Act has meant for U.S. foreign policy -- The National Security Act and the militarization of U.S. foreign policy N2 - "The Rise of the American Security State is about the militarization of U.S. foreign policy starting about midway through the twentieth century, increasing during the Cold War era and, somewhat surprisingly, continuing in the post-Cold War period"-- ER -