| Hosted by | New Haven Free Public Library |
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| Details | Join us on Zoom using this link: https://zoom.us/j/99504359534 This event will also stream live on our Facebook page. For more information contact Seth Godfrey at sgodfrey@nhfpl.org or 203 – 946-7450. Michael Brenes is the Associate Director of the Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy and Lecturer in History at Yale University. He is the author of For Might and Right: Cold War Defense Spending and the Remaking of American Democracy. In addition to his academic articles and book chapters, his work has appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post, Politico, Foreign Policy, and The Nation, among other outlets. ABOUT THE BOOK: How did the global Cold War influence American politics at home? For Might and Right traces the story of how Cold War defense spending remade participatory politics, producing a powerful and dynamic political coalition that reached across party lines. This “Cold War coalition” favored massive defense spending over social welfare programs, bringing together a diverse array of actors from across the nation, including defense workers, community boosters, military contractors, current and retired members of the armed services, activists, and politicians. Faced with neoliberal austerity and uncertainty surrounding America’s foreign policy after the 1960s, increased military spending became a bipartisan solution to create jobs and stimulate economic growth, even in the absence of national security threats. Using a rich array of archival sources, Michael Brenes draws important connections between economic inequality and American militarism that enhance our understanding of the Cold War’s continued impact on American democracy and the resilience of the military-industrial complex, up to the age of Donald Trump. Cosponsored with the City of New Haven Peace Commission |
| Admission | FREE |
| Location | New Haven |
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