TY - BOOK ID - 22884514 TI - A cross of iron : Harry S. Truman and the origins of the national security state, 1945-1954 PY - 1998 SN - 052164044X 0521795370 1316175022 0511825374 1316173925 1316178099 0511972474 0511664982 1316170691 9781316178096 9780511664984 9780521640442 9780521795371 9780521795371 PB - Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - History of North America KW - anno 1940-1949 KW - anno 1950-1959 KW - United States KW - National security KW - Cold War. KW - Political culture KW - Sécurité nationale KW - Guerre froide KW - Culture politique KW - History KW - Histoire KW - Truman, Harry S., KW - Etats-Unis KW - Foreign relations KW - Relations extérieures KW - 1945-1953 KW - Arts and Humanities KW - World politics KW - Truman, Harry, KW - Trumėn, G., KW - Dulumen, KW - Trouman, Charry S., KW - טרומאן, הארי ס., KW - Truman, H. KW - Truman, Harry KW - Trumėn, G. KW - Dulumen KW - Trouman, Charry S. KW - United States of America UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:22884514 AB - In A Cross of Iron, one of the country's most distinguished diplomatic historians provides a comprehensive account of the national security state that emerged in the first decade of the Cold War. Michael J. Hogan traces the process of state-making as it unfolded in struggles to unify the armed forces, harness science to military purposes, mobilize military manpower, control the defense budget, and distribute the cost of defense across the economy. At stake, Hogan argues, was a fundamental contest over the nation's political identity and postwar purpose. President Harry S. Truman and his successor were in the middle of this contest. According to Hogan, they tried to reconcile an older set of values with the new ideology of national security and the country's democratic traditions with its global obligations. Their efforts determined the size and shape of the national security state that finally emerged. ER -