Kent M Bolton: 2 books

U.S. National Security and Foreign Policymaking After 9/11

Present at the Re-creation

by Kent M. Bolton
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2007

In December 2004 the 109th Congress passed and President George W. Bush signed the Intelligence Reform and Intelligence Prevention Act (IRTPA). M. Kent Bolton argues that IRTPA represented a change in the trajectory of U.S. national-security policy-the first fundamental, demonstrable change since...

The Rise of the American Security State: The National Security Act of 1947 and the Militarization of U.S. Foreign Policy

by M. Kent Bolton
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017

Since September 11, 2001, the White House—under both Bush and Obama—has pushed the envelope of taking the United States to war (without declarations), interrogating prisoners of war, spying on potential threats, and acting unilaterally. Why have these trends occurred? How has the apex of foreign...