The emergency state : America's pursuit of absolute security at all costs / David C. Unger.
2012
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The emergency state : America's pursuit of absolute security at all costs / David C. Unger.
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ISBN
9781594203244
1594203245
1594203245
Publication Details
New York : Penguin Press, 2012.
Language
English
Description
359 p. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
UA23 .U464 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification
355/.033073
Summary
Provides an analysis of the United States government's narrow-minded focus on security in the years since World War II and how it has become huge, unwieldy, and a detriment to democracy and the economy.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Losing our way
The godfather
The framing of the permanent emergency state
Runaway train
Belated realism
Tunnel vision
Emergency repairs
Damage control
A different path
The president we wanted
Soft landing
Bridge to nowhere
Come the destroyer
Hope abandoned
Beyond the emergency state.
The godfather
The framing of the permanent emergency state
Runaway train
Belated realism
Tunnel vision
Emergency repairs
Damage control
A different path
The president we wanted
Soft landing
Bridge to nowhere
Come the destroyer
Hope abandoned
Beyond the emergency state.