{"product_id":"9781501785078","title":"Democracy in Exile : Hans Speier and the Rise of the Defense Intellectual (The United States in the World)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Democracy in Exile, Daniel Bessner explores the life of Hans Speier, one of the most significant figures in the history of U.S. defense policy. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBessner traces Speier's intellectual development from Weimar Germany to the Cold War United States, revealing how his European roots shaped the expert-driven approach to foreign policymaking that American elites institutionalized during and after World War II. A key figure in a transatlantic network of émigré policymakers and analysts, Speier helped establish novel institutions such as the RAND Corporation that transformed how US foreign policy was made.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDemocracy in Exile highlights how social scientists like Speier left academia to create a \"military-intellectual complex\" that insulated American decision making from public opinion and that continues to shape US defense policy today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45666610970703,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":1153.0,"currency_code":"TWD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.tw\/products\/9781501785078","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Taiwan","version":"1.0","type":"link"}