Descripción:
U.S. National Security - A Framework for Analysisedited by Daniel J. Kaufman, Jeffrey S. McKitrtick & Thomas J. Leney
ISBN-13: 9780669098129
ISBN-10: 0669098124
Publisher: Lexington Books
copyright 1985
Hardcover
6.65 x 9.25 inches, 585 pages
The phrase "national security" entered U.S. political discourse as early as the Constitutional Convention. The Federalists argued that civilian control of the military required a strong central government under a single constitution. Alexander Hamilton wrote: "If a well-regulated militia be the most natural defense of a free country, it ought certainly to be under the regulation and at the disposal of that body which is constituted the guardian of the national security."
U.S. National Security organization has remained essentially stable since July 26, 1947, when U.S. President Harry S. Truman signed the National Security Act of 1947. Together with its 1949 amendment, this act:
Created the National Military Establishment (NME) which became known as the… Leer más
