Thursday, December 15, 2016

The Dangerous History Podcast Ep. 0128: Foundation of the Permanent Garrison State

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Ep. 0128: Foundation of the Permanent Garrison State


Between 1946 and 1953, the cornerstones of a permanent garrison state were laid within the structure of the US government.
Join CJ as he discusses:
  • Henry Luce’s 1941 article “The American Century” & the construction of the Pentagon (begun on Sept. 11th, 1941 -the pic above shows the Pentagon under construction, BTW) as harbingers of this change
  • George Kennan’s original, much more limited strategy of ‘containment’ towards the USSR
  • American intervention in Greece, 1946
  • The National Security Act of 1947 (the single most important piece of formal legislation in this process)
  • NSC-68
  • Proof of a revolution within the form: Harry Truman’s sending of American forces into significant combat in 1950 without a declaration of war
  • How the Eisenhower Administration tacitly ratified all this into permanence, despite Ike’s occasional statements that indicate his misgivings about the whole thing
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