Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Doctoral Dissertations Graduate School 2011 Providing for the common defense: internal security and the Cold War, 1945-1975 Marc A. Patenaude Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College,
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[email protected]. PROVIDING FOR THE COMMON DEFENSE: INTERNAL SECURITY AND THE COLD WAR, 1945-1975 A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in The Department of History by Marc Patenaude B.A., University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2003 M.A., Louisiana State University, 2006 May 2011 Acknowledgments It is never an easy task to write a dissertation and I owe a great number of people my thanks and gratitude. First and foremost, I thank my advisor, Dr. David Culbert, for his keen editing eye, his insights and suggestions, and seeming unlimited patience. Dr. Paul Paskoff always had an open door and open ear, willing to share both ideas and a good burger.