Militarism, U.S.A.

This powerful description of America’s aggressive posture is a timely expansion of the now famous article, “The New Militarism,” written by General Shoup and Colonel Donovan for The Atlantic Monthly. It traces our increasing reliance on the defense establishment -  and the military way of solving problem – from our experience in World War II, the first time the country had been totally involved in modern technological war, to the present national dissension over our involvement in Asia.