The Emergency State: America's Pursuit of Absolute Security at All Costs
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From the New York Times 's veteran foreign policy editorialist, a lucid analysis of the harm caused by America's increasingly misdirected national security state America is trapped in a state of war that has consumed our national life since before Pearl Harbor. Over seven decades and several bloody wars, Democratic and Republican politicians alike have assembled an increasingly complicated, ineffective, and outdated network of security services. Yet this pursuit has not only damaged our democratic institutions and undermined our economic strengths; it has fundamentally failed to make us safer. In The Emergency State , senior New York Times writer David C. Unger reveals the hidden costs of America's bipartisan obsession with achieving absolute national security and traces a series of missed opportunities--from the end of World War II through the presidency of Barack Obama--when we could have rethought our defense strategy but did not. Provocative, insightful, and refreshingly nonpartisan, this is the definitive untold story of how America became so vulnerable--and how it can build real security again.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0143122975
ISBN13:9780143122975
Release Date:August 2013
Publisher:Penguin Publishing Group
Length:368 Pages
Weight:0.70 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.6" x 8.6"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Grade 12 and higher
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