TY - BOOK T1 - Origins of the warfare state World War II and the transformation of American politics A1 - Boggs, Carl LA - English PP - New York PB - Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group YR - 2017 UL - https://tuklas.up.edu.ph/Record/UP-99796217613097484 AB - "The post-World War II emergence of a full-blown state of perpetual war is arguably the most important feature of contemporary American politics. This book examines the 'warfare state' in terms of a broad ensemble of structures, policies, and ideologies: permanent war economy, national security-state, global expansion of military bases, merger of state, corporate, and military power, an imperial presidency, the nuclear establishment, and superpower ambitions. Carl Boggs makes the argument that the 'Good War' led to an authoritarian system that has expanded throughout the post-war decades, undermining liberal-democratic institutions and values in the process. He goes on to suggest that current American electoral politics show no sign of rolling back the warfare state and, in fact, may push it to a new threshold bordering on American fascism"--Publisher description. OP - 191 CN - E 840 B64 2017 SN - 9781138204362 (paperback) KW - World War, 1939-1945 : Influence. KW - Social change : United States : History. KW - Politics and war : United States. KW - Militarism : United States. KW - Authoritarianism : United States. KW - Political culture : United States. KW - United States : Politics and government : 1945-1989. KW - United States : Politics and government : 1989-. KW - United States : Foreign relations : Philosophy. KW - United States : Military policy. ER -