Philip Coben

Militarization in America

(December 1949–March 1950)


From Labor Action, Vol. 13 No. 50, 12 December 1949, p. 3 & Vol. 13 No. 51, 19 December 1949, p. 2.
Transcribed & marked up by Einde O’Callaghan for the Marxists’ Internet Archive.


I. Documented Study of Trends

II. Military Men Infest Washington Posts

III. The Marshall Plan and the Military

IV. U.S. Military Missions Spread Over the World

V. U.S. Policy Arms Reaction Throughout Latin America

VI. Military Rule Fastens on U.S. Colonial Lands

VII. Shadow of the Military Darkens the Schools

VIII. Boy Scouts’ Militarization Stepped up by Army Drive

IX. Pentagon Propaganda Is at New High in Cost

X. The Story of Hawaii’s Military Dictatorship; Or – Civil Liberties Under the Brass Heel


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