Irrational Security: The Politics of Defense from Reagan to Obama

by Daniel Wirls

Book Overview

2011 Winner of the Selection for Professional Reading List of the U.S. Marine Corps

The end of the Cold War was supposed to bring a "peace dividend" and the opportunity to redirect military policy in the United States. Instead, according to Daniel Wirls, American politics following the Cold War produced dysfunctional defense policies that were exacerbated by the war on terror. Wirls's critical historical narrative of the politics of defense...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801894395
• ISBN13: 9780801894398
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 9.6"