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Title

Ending the Cold War at home : from militarism to a more peaceful world order / Sam Marullo.

Author

Marullo, Sam, 1954-

Publication

New York : Lexington Books ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, ©1993.

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Description

xii, 274 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.

Summary

If the Cold War is really over, why is the United States still spending near record high amounts of money on defense? Now that we no longer fear war with another global superpower, why are we putting U.S. troops in harm's way all over the globe? After the President and Congress pledged to shift our focus from international to domestic issues, why aren't we converting more economic resources away from the military infrastructure to meet human needs at home? The answers to these questions, asserts Sam Marullo, lie in the institutional structures created over the last four decades and still in operation today. Despite the fall of the Berlin Wall and the rise of independent Soviet states, the United States' Cold War political, cultural, economic, and military infrastructure remain virtually unchanged. After unveiling the individual and organizational values which support the Cold War's defense industry, government agencies, media, language, and ideology, Marullo proposes reforms to end our domestic Cold War. His recommendations include increasing Congressional oversight and civilian involvement in foreign and military policy making, strengthening The Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, the U.S. Peace Institute, and other peace keeping institutions, declassifying government documents and weapons development, introducing peace education into the schools, and bolstering the authority of the World Court, the United Nations, and international law. Only by changing our attitudes and the ways our institutions operate, can we finally win the Cold War.

Series Statement

The Lexington Books series on social issues

Uniform Title

Lexington Books series on social issues

Subject

• Since 1945
• Cold War
• Militarism > United States
• National security > United States
• Diplomatic relations
• Militarism
• National security
• Militarismus
• Militärpolitik
• Innenpolitik
• United States > Foreign relations > 1945-1989
• United States > Foreign relations > 1989-
• United States
• USA

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-261) and index.

Contents

pt. I. Conceptual Framework: Studying Militarism to End the Cold War At Home and Build a More Peaceful World Order. 1. Sociology and the Continuing Problem of War: Using Social Science to Build Peace. 2. The End of the Cold War and the New World Order -- pt. II. Cold War Origins and Practices that Created a Militarized Society. 3. Setting Dangerous Precedents: The Early History of the Cold War. 4. The Cold War and the Institutionalization of Militarism. 5. Ideology Fuels the Cold War of the Eighties -- pt. III. Institutional Practices that Sustain Militarism Today and How to End the Cold War at Home. 6. Social and Cultural Forces that Promote and Constrain Militarism. 7. The Military-Industrial Complex: The Economic Causes and Consequences of Militarism. 8. The National Security State: Political Operations that Sustain Militarism -- pt. IV. A New National Security Policy for a More Peaceful World Order. 9. Toward a More Peaceful World Order.

ISBN

• 0669242314
• 9780669242317

LCCN

93029852

OCLC

• ocm28709854
• 28709854
• SCSB-2012331

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library