War, the American State, and Politics Since 1898

, by Robert P. Saldin

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ISBN: 9780521119153 | 0521119154
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 11/1/2010

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Examines how international wars have affected domestic politics and policymaking in the United States.

Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
War and American Political Development	p. 3
Segmentation: International and Domestic Events	p. 4
The Argument	p. 7
War and the American State	p. 9
War and Democratic Rights Policy	p. 13
War and the American Party System	p. 16
Organization, Approach, and Rationale	p. 25
The "Splendid Little War"	p. 28
The Spanish-American War in Brief	p. 30
The Spanish-American War and the American State: Army Reform and Imperialism	p. 32
The Development of a Standing Army	p. 32
The Philippines and American Empire	p. 38
The Spanish-American War and the Party System of 1896	p. 47
The 1898 Midterm Election	p. 47
The 1900 Presidential Election	p. 58
Conclusion	p. 63
The War to End All Wars	p. 65
World War I in Brief	p. 66
Taxing, Boozing, and the American State	p. 66
A Permanent Income Tax	p. 67
Prohibition	p. 74
"Our Boys Need Sox, Knit Your Bit": Women at Work and at the Polls	p. 78
World War I and the Party System of 1896	p. 83
The 1918 Midterm Election	p. 84
The 1920 Presidential Election	p. 87
World War I's Influence on the 1920 Election	p. 92
Conclusion	p. 97
The Good War	p. 100
World War II in Brief	p. 101
From Upper Class to Middle Class: The Legacy of War Taxation	p. 102
Striking a Blow for Freedom: African Americans at War	p. 108
White Attitudes, Black Organization, and the Intellectual Environment	p. 108
Policy Changes	p. 115
Democrats' Postwar Ideological Transformation	p. 121
Prewar Democrats	p. 122
Postwar Democrats	p. 126
The Influence of World War II on the Democratic Party's Ideological Shift	p. 130
Conclusion	p. 144
The Forgotten War	p. 145
The Korean War in Brief	p. 146
Building a National Security State	p. 147
Cold War National Security before Korea: Cautious Concern	p. 147
Cold War National Security after the Korean Invasion: Great Urgency	p. 151
Korea and Conscription	p. 154
Executive Power in War	p. 159
Integrating the U.S. Army	p. 162
The Party System in the Era of "Korea, Communism, and Corruption"	p. 169
The 1952 Presidential Campaign	p. 172
Assessing the 1952 Presidential Election	p. 181
Conclusion	p. 188
The Lost War	p. 190
The Vietnam War in Brief	p. 191
The American State in the Era of Guns, Butter, and Protests	p. 192
Vietnam and Conscription	p. 193
"Old Enough to Fight, Old Enough to Vote"	p. 197
Initial Efforts to Lower the Voting Age	p. 197
The Twenty-Sixth Amendment	p. 200
The Flower Children Go to Washington	p. 205
Presidential Elections and Candidate Selection in the Vietnam Era	p. 205
The 1968 Presidential Election	p. 208
Democratizing the Presidential Nominating Process	p. 212
The 1972 Democratic Nomination	p. 219
A New Generation of Democrats	p. 221
The Rise and Fall of the New Politics Democrats	p. 223
The New Politics Democrats' Legacy	p. 225
Conclusion	p. 232
Conclusion	p. 233
War and American Political Development: 1898-1975	p. 234
War and the American State	p. 234
War and Democratic Rights Policy	p. 239
War and the American Party System	p. 241
The "War on Terror," Afghanistan, and Iraq	p. 246
Index	p. 247
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War, the American State, and Politics Since 1898

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