Abstract
Preface and acknowledgements 1. The National Security discourse: ideology, political culture and state making 2. Magna Charta: the National Security Act and the specter of the Garrison state 3. The high price of peace: guns-and-butter politics in the early Cold War 4. The time tax: American political culture and the UMT debate 5. 'Chaos and conflict and carnage confounded': budget battles and defense reorganization 6. Preparing for permanent war: economy, science and secrecy in the National Security state 7. Turning point: NSC-68, the Korean war and the National Security response 8. Semiwar: the Korean war and rearmament 9. The Iron Cross: solvency, security and the Eisenhower transition 10. Other voices: the public sphere and the National Security mentality 11. Conclusion Selected bibliography Index.
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