In the Shadow of War: The United States since the 1930s.

We stand at the end of a violent century, much of it embroiled in some form of war.Living under this "shadow of war" resulted in the "militarization" of American society, according to historian Michael S. Sherry.Evidence of militarization--"the process by which war and national security became consuming anxieties and provided the memories, models, and metaphors that shaped broad areas of national life" (p.xi)--is compelling.