Waddell traces the creation of a military-corporate alliance from its tenuous beginnings during World War I to its crowning fulfillment with World War II. This alliance blocked any wartime increase in controversial domestic programs, as corporate interests created an international activism to supplant New Deal activism. The outcome of the war against the New Deal was a militarily powerful, centralized national security state that was structurally and politically unable to confront the decisive issues of postwar America, from Civil Rights to social welfare.
The War against the New Deal describes the role economic interests played in tipping the balance in the wartime struggles over resources and power -- and the results of increasing corporate influence within the federal government. It reveals how the warfare state legitimized the growth of national state power during the postwar years and how it strengthened, without democratizing, the American government.
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Waddell traces the creation of a military-corporate alliance from its tenuous beginnings during World War I to its crowning fulfillment with World War II. This alliance blocked any wartime increase in controversial domestic programs, as corporate interests created an international activism to supplant New Deal activism. The outcome of the war against the New Deal was a militarily powerful, centralized national security state that was structurally and politically unable to confront the decisive issues of postwar America, from Civil Rights to social welfare.
The War against the New Deal describes the role economic interests played in tipping the balance in the wartime struggles over resources and power -- and the results of increasing corporate influence within the federal government. It reveals how the warfare state legitimized the growth of national state power during the postwar years and how it strengthened, without democratizing, the American government.
Imprint | Northern Illinois University Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | February 2001 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days |
First published | February 2001 |
Authors | Brian Waddell |
Dimensions | 229 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover |
Pages | 236 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-87580-272-5 |
Barcode | 9780875802725 |
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LSN | 0-87580-272-9 |