Sanders,J. Peddlers of Crisis. 1983
Sanders, Jerry W. Peddlers of Crisis: The Committee on the Present Danger
and the Politics of Containment. Boston MA: South End Press, 1983. 371 pages.
In April 1982 Ronald Reagan claimed that the Soviet Union had achieved
a margin of strategic superiority over the U.S. (not true), and the Pentagon
began planning for a protracted nuclear war. Thomas K. Jones, whom Reagan
had appointed Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering,
Strategic and Theater Nuclear Forces, told Robert Scheer in 1981 that the
U.S. could fully recover from a full-scale war with the Soviets in just two
to four years. "Dig a hole, cover it with a couple of doors and then throw
three feet of dirt on top.... It's the dirt that does it.... If there are
enough shovels to go around, everybody's going to make it."
Thinking like this doesn't emerge spontaneously. The Committee on the
Present Danger began in 1950 as a bipartisan collection of U.S. elitists
organized to promote containment. In 1976 they reorganized in the wake of
the "Vietnam syndrome" to promote a strategic build-up. By the end of his
presidency, Carter had lost control of foreign policy and had to go along;
the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan was merely a convenient excuse for a
policy that was already in place. This book lists over 200 members of CPD
and gives a one-line description of who they are.
ISBN 0-89608-181-8
- ACHILLES THEODORE C (155)
- ADELMAN KENNETH L (287)
- ADLER JULIUS OCHS (87)
- ALLEN RAYMOND BERNARD (87)
- ALLEN RICHARD VINCENT (155, 287)
- ALLISON JOHN MOORE (155)
- ALTSCHUL FRANK (87)
- ANDERSON DILLON (87)
- ANDERSON EUGENIE MOORE (155)
- ANDERSON MARTIN CARL (287)
- ARANT WILLIAM DOUGLAS (87)
- BARDACH EUGENE (155)
- BARNETT FRANK ROCKWELL (155)
- BAROODY JOSEPH D (155)
- BAXTER JAMES PHINNEY III (87)
- BEAM JACOB D (155)
- BELL LAIRD (87)
- BELLOW SAUL (155)
- BENDETSEN KARL ROBIN (155)
- BINGHAM BARRY SR (87)
- BISHOP JOSEPH W JR (YALE UNIV) (155)
- BOZEMAN ADDA BRUEMMER (155)
- BRENNAN DONALD G (155)
- BROWNE VINCENT J (155)
- BUCKLEY JAMES LANE (287)
- BULLIS HARRY A (87)
- BURGESS W RANDOLPH (156)
- BUSH VANNEVAR (87)
- CABOT JOHN MOORS (156)
- CAMPBELL W GLENN (156, 287)
- CASEY WILLIAM JOSEPH (156, 287)
- CHAIKIN SOL CHICK (156)
- CLARK PETER B (156)
- CLAYTON WILLIAM L (87)
- CLINE RAY STEINER (156)
- COHEN EDWIN S (156)
- COLBY WILLIAM EGAN (156)
- COMMITTEE PRESENT DANGER
- CONANT JAMES BRYANT (87)
- CONNALLY JOHN BOWDEN (B.1917-02-27) (156, 287)
- CONNELL WILLIAM (156)
- CONNOR JOHN THOMAS (156)
- CUTLER ROBERT (GEN) (87)
- CUTTER R AMMI (87)
- DARDEN COLGATE W JR (156)
- DAVIS DWIGHT (MRS) (87)
- DE GOLYER EVERETTE LEE (87)
- DEAN ARTHUR H (156)
- DECTER MIDGE (158)
- DILLON C DOUGLAS (156)
- DODDS HAROLD WILLIS (87)
- DOGOLE S HARRISON (156)
- DOLLARD CHARLES (87)
- DOMINICK PETER H (156)
- DONOVAN WILLIAM JOSEPH (87)
- DORR GOLDTHWAITE H (87)
- DOUGLASS JOSEPH D JR (287)
- DOWLING WALTER C (156)
- DUBINSKY DAVID (87)
- DUBROW EVELYN (156)
- DUCHESSI WILLIAM (156)
- EARLE VALERIE (156)
- FARRELL JAMES T (156)
- FELLMAN DAVID (156)
- FIRESTONE LEONARD K (87)
- FOSTER JOHN S JR (287)
- FOWLER HENRY HAMILL (154, 156)
- FRANKLIN WILLIAM H (156)
- FRELINGHUYSEN PETER H.B. (156)
- FRIEDMAN MARTIN L (156)
- GIBSON TRUMAN K JR (87)
- GINSBURGH ROBERT H (156)
- GLASS META (87)
- GLAZER NATHAN (156)
- GOLDBERG ARTHUR JOSEPH (87)
- GOLDWYN SAMUEL (87)
- GOODPASTER ANDREW J (GEN) (156)
- GRACE J PETER JR (156)
- GRANT WILLIAM W III (87)
- GRAY GORDON (156)
- GREENBAUM EDWARD S (87)
- GULLION EDMUND ASBURY (155, 157)
- GUNDERSON BARBARA BATES (157)
- HANDLIN OSCAR (157)
- HANNAH JOHN A (157)
- HARPER DAVID B (157)
- HARRIS HUNTINGTON (157)
- HAUSER RITA E (155, 157)
- HELLMAN DONALD CHARLES (157)
- HERRERA ALFRED C (157)
- HOEBER AMORETTA M (287)
- HOFFMAN PAUL GRAY (87)
- HOROWITZ RACHELLE (157)
- HUREWITZ JACOB COLEMAN (157)
- IKLE FRED CHARLES (287)
- JOHNSON BELTON KLEBERG (157)
- JOHNSON CHALMERS (157)
- JOHNSTON WHITTLE (157)
- JORDAN DAVID C (157)
- KAMPELMAN MAX M (155, 157, 287)
- KEMP GEOFFREY (157, 287)
- KEYSERLING LEON H (157)
- KIRKLAND LANE (154, 157)
- KIRKPATRICK JEANE J (157, 287)
- KOHLER FOY D (157)
- KROGH PETER F (157)
- LEFEVER ERNEST W (157)
- LEHMAN JOHN FRANCIS JR (287)
- LEMANN MONTE H (87)
- LEMNITZER LYMAN L (GEN) (157)
- LEWIS HOBART DURKIN (157)
- LIBBY WILLARD F (157)
- LIEBLER SARASON D (157)
- LINEN JAMES A (157)
- LIPSET SEYMOUR MARTIN (157)
- LORD MARY PILLSBURY (157)
- LOVESTONE JAY (157)
- LUCE CLARE BOOTHE (158, 287)
- LYONS JOHN H (158)
- MACNAUGHTON DONALD S (158)
- MARBURY WILLIAM L (87)
- MARCUS STANLEY (NEIMAN-MARCUS) (87)
- MARKS LEONARD H (158)
- MARSHALL CHARLES BURTON (155, 158)
- MARTIN WILLIAM MCCHESNEY JR (158)
- MCCABE EDWARD A (158)
- MCCRACKEN SAMUEL (158)
- MCGHEE GEORGE C (158)
- MCNAIR ROBERT E (158)
- MENNINGER WILLIAM C (87)
- MIDDLEBUSH FREDERICK A (87)
- MORRILL JAMES L (87)
- MORSE JOSHUA M (158)
- MULLER STEVEN (158)
- MULLIKEN ROBERT S (158)
- MURROW EDWARD R (87)
- MYERSON BESS (158)
- NICHOLS THOMAS S (158)
- NITZE PAUL HENRY (154, 158, 287)
- NOBLE EDWARD F (287)
- NOVAK MICHAEL (287)
- OBRIAN JOHN LORD (87)
- OBRIEN WILLIAM V (158)
- ODLUM FLOYD B (87)
- ODONNELL PETER JR (288)
- OLMSTED GEORGE H (158)
- OPPENHEIMER J ROBERT (87)
- PACKARD DAVID (154, 158)
- PATTERSON ROBERT PORTER (87)
- PAYNE JAMES L (TEXAS A&M UNIV) (158)
- PERLE RICHARD N (288)
- PETERSEN HOWARD C (87)
- PFALTZGRAFF ROBERT LOUIS JR (158)
- PIPES RICHARD E (155, 288)
- PODHORETZ NORMAN (158)
- POLING DANIEL A (87)
- RAANAN URI (158)
- RAMEY ESTELLE R (158)
- RAMSEY PAUL (158)
- REAGAN RONALD W (287)
- RESOR STANLEY R (87)
- RIDGWAY MATTHEW B (GEN) (158)
- ROCHE JOHN P (155, 159)
- ROSE H CHAPMAN (159)
- ROSENBLATT PETER R (159)
- ROSENMAN SAMUEL I (87)
- ROSTOW EUGENE VICTOR DEBS (154, 159, 288)
- ROWE JAMES H JR (159)
- RUSK DEAN (155, 159)
- RUSTIN BAYARD (159)
- SALTZMAN CHARLES E (159)
- SCAIFE RICHARD MELLON (159)
- SCHIFTER RICHARD (159)
- SCHULTZ THEODORE W (87)
- SEABURY PAUL (159, 288)
- SHANKER ALBERT (159)
- SHERWOOD ROBERT EMMET (87)
- SHULTZ GEORGE PRATT (288)
- SKACEL MILAN B (159)
- SMITH EDGAR W (87)
- SMITH LLOYD HILTON (159)
- SPANG KENNETH M (159)
- SPROUL ROBERT GORDON (87)
- STEARNS ROBERT L (UNIV COLORADO) (87)
- STILWELL RICHARD GILES (288)
- STRAUS RALPH I (159)
- STRAUSZ-HUPE ROBERT (288)
- SWEATT HAROLD W (159)
- TANHAM GEORGE K (159)
- TAYLOR HOBART (159)
- TAYLOR MAXWELL D (GEN) (159)
- TELLER EDWARD (159)
- TEMPLE ARTHUR (TEMPLE-EASTEX) (159)
- TURNER J.C. (IUOE) (159)
- TYROLER CHARLES II (155, 159, 288)
- VAN CLEAVE WILLIAM R (159, 288)
- VOORHEES TRACY S (87)
- WALKER CHARLS EDWARD (154, 159, 288)
- WALSH EDMUND A (87)
- WARD MARTIN J (159)
- WARD ROBERT E (159)
- WAYMACK W W (87)
- WEAVER PAUL S (159)
- WEISS SEYMOUR (STATE DEPT) (288)
- WHALEN RICHARD J (155, 159)
- WIGNER EUGENE P (159)
- WILCOX FRANCIS O (159-60)
- WILLIAMS EDWARD BENNETT (288)
- WOLFE BERTRAM D (160)
- WRISTON HENRY MERRITT (87)
- ZELLERBACH JAMES DAVID (87)
- ZUMWALT ELMO R JR (ADM) (160)
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