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- catalog abstract "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.".
- catalog contributor b4984022.
- catalog coverage "United States Foreign relations 1945-1989.".
- catalog coverage "United States Foreign relations 1989-".
- catalog created "c1993.".
- catalog date "1993".
- catalog date "c1993.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1993.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-261) and index.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog extent "xii, 275 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Ending the Cold War at home.".
- catalog identifier "0669242314".
- catalog isFormatOf "Ending the Cold War at home.".
- catalog isPartOf "The Lexington Books series on social issues".
- catalog issued "1993".
- catalog issued "c1993.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Lexington Books ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International,".
- catalog relation "Ending the Cold War at home.".
- catalog spatial "United States Foreign relations 1945-1989.".
- catalog spatial "United States Foreign relations 1989-".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "327.73/009/045 20".
- catalog subject "Cold War.".
- catalog subject "E840 .M37 1994".
- catalog subject "Militarism United States.".
- catalog subject "National security United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "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.".
- catalog title "Ending the Cold War at home : from militarism to a more peaceful world order / Sam Marullo.".
- catalog type "text".