Danny and Derek welcome Michael Brenes, associate director of the Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy and lecturer in history at Yale University, to discuss his book For Might and Right: Cold War Defense Spending and the Remaking of American Democracy. They discuss the origins of the military-industrial complex (MIC), the MIC-New Deal connection, NSC-68, the MIC as a tool of social mobility, labor unions’ relation to the security state, and more.
E60 - The Military-Industrial Complex, Ep. 1 w/ Michael Brenes
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E60 - The Military-Industrial Complex, Ep. 1 w/ Michael Brenes