Military Establishment, The

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc., 1971. BOOK: Spine Bumped; Moderate Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Repaired; Lightly Creased; Moderately Chipped; Light Moisture Damage (Staining); Slight Yellowing Due to Age; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. A Twentieth Century Fund Study. SUB-TITLE: Its Impacts on American Society. SYNOPSIS: "The United States military establishment is . . . so much larger than all the other institutions of government that its operation, and its impacts . . . are literally of another order of magnitude." Yet the implications of the military establishment's pervasiveness are often obscured by the increasing convergence of military and civilian styles, and by the American public's ambivalent attitude toward the military. A work of cold power and major significance, this panoramic survey explores in scope and depth the growth of the military establishment since World War II and conveys the full force of its effects on American society. This Twentieth Century Fund Study, several years in process, examines the incapacity of countervailing civilian power to control military dominance; the military's "automatic priority" over national resources and the government's subsequent ineffectiveness in meeting vital domestic needs; the role of the military in foreign policy, in arms escalation, in control of revolution and counter-revolution abroad and control of social unrest at home. It reviews the military establishment's impact on the economy; its widespread financial support of scientific research and ensuing effect on higher education, including the rise of dissent on college campuses; its far-reaching effects on class and racial mobility. It investigates the impact of the military system of discipline and justice on the civilian sector and the extent to which military values and priorities have been absorbed into the American mainstream, and it documents the rise of counterresponse reflected in increased alienation of youth, public dissent, and the revival of traditional antimilitarism. "A study of the impacts of the American military establishment on American society is an extremely difficult assignment - in size, in complexity, in scope. So the Twentieth Century Fund was especially fortunate in securing Adam Yarmolinsky to serve as research director for this study. A close associate of former Defense Secretary McNamara, whom he served as Special Assistant and Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Affairs, he had inside knowledge of the workings of the military establishment. And as an educator and lawyer with a strong commitment and interest in intellectual and social issues, he was in a position to trace the reach of the military influence in our society. While Mr. Yarmolinsky was primarily responsible for carrying out the study in its many aspects, the breadth and depth of his investigation required the assistance of authorities in many different fields. A brilliant, diverse team of analysts and scholars was assembled, a tribute to Mr. Yarmolinsky and a reflection of the importance and the gravity of the subject. The principal participants included Albert Biderman, of the Bureau of Social Science Research in Washington; Harvey Brooks, Dean of Engineering and Applied Physics at Harvard; Donald Canty, editorial director of the National Urban Coalition and editor of City magazine; Philip Geyelin, the editor of the editorial page of the Washington Post; Morris Janowitz, chairman of the department of sociology, University of Chicago; Burton Klein, professor of economics at the California Institute of Technology; Gene Lyons professor of government at Dartmouth; Robert Manning, editor of the Atlantic Monthly and former Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs; Ernest May, professor of history and Dean of Harvard College; Laurence Radway, chairman of the department of government at Dartmouth; Jack Rosenthal, urban correspondent for the New York Times; Edward Sherman, assistant professor of law, University of Indiana;.... First Edition 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.