Captives of the Cold War Economy
Title | Captives of the Cold War Economy PDF eBook |
Author | John J. Accordino |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Pages | 224 |
Release | 2000-07-30 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0313000816 |
The end of the Cold War in 1989 gave rise to hopes for a new, more peaceful international system and for the redirection of military expenditures—over one-half of annual U.S. federal discretionary spending—toward education and health care, renewing the nation's infrastructure, environmental mitigation, and alternative energy sources. At the beginning of the 21st Century, U.S. military spending remains stuck at 85% of the Cold War average. Why? As Accordino explains, at the federal level, the Iron Triangle comprised of the Pentagon, defense contractors, and a conservative Congress maintained defense spending at Cold War levels, encouraging contractors to stay focused on defense. When some procurement cutbacks and base closures occurred, growth interests recruited lower-wage branch plants, sports, and entertainment facilities, rather than supporting the hard work of defense conversion that creates higher-paying jobs. Nevertheless, some defense contractors and community interests did embrace conversion, showing remarkable potential. Of particular interest to scholars and researchers involved with urban and regional planning, public administration and local politics, and regional economic development.
Dismantling The Cold War Economy
Title | Dismantling The Cold War Economy PDF eBook |
Author | Ann R. Markusen |
Publisher | Basic Books |
Pages | 340 |
Release | 1993-07-06 |
Genre | Psychology |
ISBN | 9780465016655 |
A comprehensive reassessment of the military-industrial complex. Based on extensive interviews with defence industry executives, Pentagon officials and community and union leaders, this book shows in detail how Cold War technologies have distorted and drained the economy.
Butter and Guns
Title | Butter and Guns PDF eBook |
Author | Diane B. Kunz |
Publisher | |
Pages | 440 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
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In this masterful history of Cold War economics, Diane Kunz shows how America created its own prosperity through always shrewd and sometimes manipulative foreign policy.
The Economic Impact of the Cold War
Title | The Economic Impact of the Cold War PDF eBook |
Author | James L. Clayton |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P |
Pages | 312 |
Release | 1970 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN |
Voice of the Silenced Peoples in the Global Cold War
Title | Voice of the Silenced Peoples in the Global Cold War PDF eBook |
Author | Anna Mazurkiewicz |
Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Pages | 463 |
Release | 2020-12-16 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 3110661004 |
According to its members, exiled political leaders from nine east European countries, the ACEN was an umbrella organization—a quasi-East European parliament in exile—composed of formerly prominent statesmen who strove to maintain the case of liberation of Eastern Europe from the Soviet yoke on the agenda of international relations. Founded by the Free Europe Committee, from 1954 to 1971 the ACEN tried to lobby for Eastern European interests on the U.S. political scene, in the United Nations and the Council of Europe. Furthermore, its activities can be traced to Latin America, Asia and the Middle East. However, since it was founded and sponsored by the Free Europe Committee (most commonly recognized as the sponsor of the Radio Free Europe), the ACEN operations were obviously influenced and monitored by the Americans (CIA, Department of State). This book argues that despite the émigré leadership's self-restraint in expressing criticism of the U.S. foreign policy, the ACEN was vulnerable to, and eventually fell victim of, the changes in the American Cold War policies. Notwithstanding the termination of Free Europe’s support, ACEN members reconstituted their operations in 1972 and continued their actions until 1989. Based on a through archival research (twenty different archives in the U.S. and Europe, interviews, published documents, memoirs, press) this book is a first complete story of an organization that is quite often mentioned in publications related to the operations of the Free Europe Committee but hardly ever thoroughly studied.
Economic Security and the Origins of the Cold War, 1945-1950
Title | Economic Security and the Origins of the Cold War, 1945-1950 PDF eBook |
Author | Robert A. Pollard |
Publisher | New York : Columbia University Press |
Pages | 378 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9780231058308 |
Cold War Captives
Title | Cold War Captives PDF eBook |
Author | Susan Lisa Carruthers |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 351 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0520257308 |
Susan Carruthers offers a provocative history of early Cold War America, in which she recreates a time when World War III seemed imminent. She shows how central to American opinion at the time was a fascination with captivity & escape. Captivity became a way to understand everything.