How did the global Cold War influence American politics at home? For Might and Right traces the story of how Cold War defense spending remade participatory politics, producing a powerful and dynamic political coalition that reached across party lines.
This Cold War coalition favored massive defense spending over social welfare programs, bringing together a diverse array of actors from across the nation, including defense workers, community boosters, military contractors, current and ret.
University Of Massachusetts Press For might and right: cold war defense spending and the remaking of american democracy, paperback/michael brenes
