Description
| Product ID: | 9781350159143 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Library of Modern American History |
| Title: | Eisenhower and the Cold War Arms Race |
| Subtitle: | ‘Open Skies’ and the Military-Industrial Complex |
| Authors: | Author: Helen Bury |
| Page Count: | 304 |
| Subjects: | Biography: historical, political and military, Biography: historical, political & military, Peace studies and conflict resolution, History of the Americas, History, Cold wars and proxy conflicts, Political structure and processes, Military and defence strategy, Peace studies & conflict resolution, History of the Americas, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, The Cold War, Political structure & processes, Defence strategy, planning & research, USA, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Under the growing shadow of the Cold War, President Eisenhower announced his 'Open Skies' initiative to Soviet, British and French delegations at the Geneva Summit in 1955. In a climate of intense fear and suspicion, this proposed system of mutual aerial inspection was dismissed by Khrushchev and the Soviet Union as nothing more than an 'espionage plot'. Nevertheless, Eisenhower campaigned for its implementation until the end of his presidency. Here, Helen Bury provides a new interpretation of Eisenhower's 'Open Skies' programme, arguing that it functioned as a corrective to John Foster Dulles' 'New Look' defence strategy - which relied on the threat of massive nuclear retaliation. A critic of the 'military-industrial' complex which was gaining power in American statecraft and which sought to expand military spending, Eisenhower aimed instead to safeguard the economic strength of America. Eisenhower and the Military-Industrial Complex is the first in-depth study of the Open Skies policy and essential reading for historians of the Cold War and the International Relations of the United States. Under the growing shadow of the Cold War, President Eisenhower announced his ''Open Skies'' initiative to Soviet, British and French delegations at the Geneva Summit in 1955. In a climate of intense fear and suspicion, this proposed system of mutual aerial inspection was dismissed by Khrushchev and the Soviet Union as nothing more than an ''espionage plot''. Nevertheless, Eisenhower campaigned for its implementation until the end of his presidency. Here, Helen Bury provides a new interpretation of Eisenhower''s ''Open Skies'' programme, arguing that it functioned as a corrective to John Foster Dulles'' ''New Look'' defence strategy - which relied on the threat of massive nuclear retaliation. A critic of the ''military-industrial'' complex which was gaining power in American statecraft and which sought to expand military spending, Eisenhower aimed instead to safeguard the economic strength of America. Eisenhower and the Military-Industrial Complex is the first in-depth study of the Open Skies policy and essential reading for historians of the Cold War and the International Relations of the United States. |
| Imprint Name: | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-04-30 |
