The Contest over National Security: FDR, Conservatives, and the Struggle to Claim the Most Powerful Phrase in American Politics

National security once was not limited to physical defense. FDR equated national security with safety from foreign attack and economic want; conservatives, fearful of costs and federal expansion, stripped out domestic policy. The Contest over National Security explains why the US developed separate, imbalanced national security and welfare states.

• | Author: Peter Roady
• | Publisher: Harvard University Press
• | Publication Date: Mar 19, 2024
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• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-13: 9780674291256
• | ISBN-10: 0674291255