the garrison state

In looking for ways to start this review over the book In The Shadow Of The Garrison State, I ran across and excerpt of a review by the publisher of the book a professor with the Princeton University Press in which he states "War--or the threat of war--usually strengthens states as governments tax, draft soldiers, exert control over industrial production, and dampen internal dissent in order to build military might. The United States, however, was …

…fails to mention many aspects of our nations history as well as, a failure to public opinions which are vital to the understanding of the time period. Economic superiority has to do a great deal with this issue and the inability for the soviets to continue in this matter. Ultimately I feel that the death of Stalin was in essences the beginning of the end for communism and this so called Cold War. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**