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Unger, David C.
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National security -- United States.
Crisis management -- United States.
National security -- United States -- Decision making.
Security sector -- United States -- History.
United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
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The emergency state ...
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The emergency state : America's pursuit of absolute security at all costs / David C. Unger.
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Unger, David C.
New York : Penguin Press, 2012.
Subjects
National security -- United States.
Crisis management -- United States.
National security -- United States -- Decision making.
Security sector -- United States -- History.
United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
ISBN:
9781594203244 :
1594203245
Description:
359 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents:
Introduction -- 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 -- Conclusion.
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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.
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Hawaii State Library
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