Creating the National Security State: A History of the Law That Transformed America

The fact that the United States was attacked from such distance firmly "established the concept of national security as an unchallengeable standard against which all future foreign policy decisions were to be made." There follows a discussion of the reasons for this final transition from a...

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Published in:Naval War College review 2010, Vol.63 (1), p.156-157
Main Author: LLOYD, RICHMOND M.
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
International relations-US
Military history
National security
Nonfiction
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Summary:The fact that the United States was attacked from such distance firmly "established the concept of national security as an unchallengeable standard against which all future foreign policy decisions were to be made." There follows a discussion of the reasons for this final transition from a National Military Establishment to a Department of Defense and the creation of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, with the three services removed from the NSC, becoming now departments under the defense secretary.
ISSN:0028-1484
2475-7047