America’s Cold War: The Politics of Insecurity
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America’s Cold War: The Politics of Insecurity is a historical study that reinterprets U.S. Cold War policy as driven largely by domestic political pressures and anxieties rather than purely by external threats.
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| America’s Cold War: The Politics of Insecurity canonical | 3 |
| The Politics of Insecurity | 1 |
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Target entity: America’s Cold War: The Politics of Insecurity Context triple: [Fredrik Logevall, notableWork, America’s Cold War: The Politics of Insecurity]
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U.S. Foreign Policy and the Politics of Fear
U.S. Foreign Policy and the Politics of Fear is a scholarly book by Ira Chernus that examines how fear-based narratives have shaped American foreign policy and public discourse.
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B.
Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire
Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire is a nonfiction book by Chalmers Johnson that critiques U.S. foreign policy and explores how American military and economic interventions abroad generate unintended and often violent repercussions.
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C.
Apocalypse Management: Eisenhower and the Discourse of National Insecurity
Apocalypse Management: Eisenhower and the Discourse of National Insecurity is a scholarly study examining how President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s rhetoric and policies framed Cold War nuclear threats and shaped American notions of national insecurity.
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D.
The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced by War
The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced by War is a critical examination of how U.S. culture, politics, and religion have combined to normalize and glorify military power in American life and foreign policy.
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E.
The Political Economy of National Security
The Political Economy of National Security is a seminal work analyzing how economic factors shape national defense policy and strategic decision-making.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: America’s Cold War: The Politics of Insecurity Target entity description: America’s Cold War: The Politics of Insecurity is a historical study that reinterprets U.S. Cold War policy as driven largely by domestic political pressures and anxieties rather than purely by external threats.
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A.
U.S. Foreign Policy and the Politics of Fear
U.S. Foreign Policy and the Politics of Fear is a scholarly book by Ira Chernus that examines how fear-based narratives have shaped American foreign policy and public discourse.
-
B.
Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire
Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire is a nonfiction book by Chalmers Johnson that critiques U.S. foreign policy and explores how American military and economic interventions abroad generate unintended and often violent repercussions.
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C.
Apocalypse Management: Eisenhower and the Discourse of National Insecurity
Apocalypse Management: Eisenhower and the Discourse of National Insecurity is a scholarly study examining how President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s rhetoric and policies framed Cold War nuclear threats and shaped American notions of national insecurity.
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D.
The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced by War
The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced by War is a critical examination of how U.S. culture, politics, and religion have combined to normalize and glorify military power in American life and foreign policy.
-
E.
The Political Economy of National Security
The Political Economy of National Security is a seminal work analyzing how economic factors shape national defense policy and strategic decision-making.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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historical study ⓘ |
| argument |
U.S. Cold War policy was driven largely by domestic political pressures
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linked to:
United States Cold War strategy
U.S. Cold War policy was shaped by anxieties about insecurity ⓘ external threats alone cannot explain U.S. Cold War policy ⓘ |
| countryOfFocus |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| discipline |
history
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political science ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
Cold War studies
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U.S. political development ⓘ security studies ⓘ |
| focus |
domestic political pressures on foreign policy
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interaction between domestic politics and external threats ⓘ role of insecurity in U.S. politics ⓘ |
| genre |
international history
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non-fiction ⓘ political history ⓘ |
| hasSubtitle | The Politics of Insecurity ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
domestic consensus and Cold War strategy
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insecurity as a driver of policy ⓘ interaction of domestic and international politics ⓘ political uses of fear ⓘ |
| hasTitle | America’s Cold War: The Politics of Insecurity ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
readers interested in U.S. foreign policy
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scholars of history ⓘ students of international relations ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Cold War
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U.S. domestic politics ⓘ United States foreign policy ⓘ national security policy ⓘ politics of insecurity ⓘ |
| methodology |
historical analysis
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interpretive political analysis ⓘ |
| perspective | revisionist interpretation of U.S. Cold War policy ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
U.S. national security discourse
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U.S. political institutions during the Cold War ⓘ domestic consensus-building around Cold War policies ⓘ partisan politics and foreign policy ⓘ public opinion and Cold War policy ⓘ relationship between fear and policy-making ⓘ security ideology in the United States ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
20th century
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Cold War era ⓘ
linked to:
Cold War
post-World War II period ⓘ |
| typeOfWork | academic monograph ⓘ |
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