National Security in the Nuclear Age
National Security in the Nuclear Age.The concept of national security in the nuclear age is a product of the World War II experience that found intellectual and organizational expression during the Cold War. Before 1942, the Departments of State, War, and Treasury—the three departments with foreign responsibilities—consulted with one another but developed compartmentalized approaches to diplomatic, military, and economic problems. National security was intended to provide organizing principles for a more coherent and integrated response to the problems of the postwar world. The National Security Act (1947) created the National Security Council and gave it overall responsibility for guidance and coordination of foreign and defense policies. The same act established the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the...
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