John F. Kennedy and the missile gap / Christopher A. Preble
- Bib ID:
- 3309525
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Preble, Christopher A
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- Description:
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- DeKalb : Northern Illinois University Press, 2004
- xi, 244 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0875803326
- Summary:
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"John F. Kennedy owed his victorious bid for the presidency - as well as his success in implementing new military and economic policies while in office - largely to his ability to exploit fears of an alleged Soviet strategic superiority, famously known as the "missile gap." Capitalizing on Americans' fear of devastating nuclear war, within months after his inauguration he won Congressional authorization for two supplemental appropriations that collectively increased the defense budget by more than 15 percent. In this timely study of the political uses of an alleged threat to national security, Christopher Preble argues that the missile gap was a myth." "The Kennedy administration perpetuated this myth to justify a massive military buildup. As president, Eisenhower had warned against excessive military spending, but the missile gap scare shook the confidence of millions of Americans."--BOOK JACKET.
- Full contents:
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- 1. Eisenhower, the new look, and their critics
- 2. A senator finds his voice
- 3. The presidential election of 1960 and the politics of national security
- 4. The new frontier and the closing of the missile gap
- Epilogue - the legacy of Cold War military spending.
- Notes:
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- Includes index.
- Bibliography: p. [223]-233.
- Subject:
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- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Views on national security
- Nuclear weapons -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Nuclear weapons -- Economic aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- National security -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Cold War
- United States -- Military policy
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
- Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1953-1961
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1961-1963
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