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The emergency state : America's pursuit of absolute security at all costs / David C. Unger.

Unger, David C. (Author).
  • Description: 359 p. ; 25 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Penguin Press,
  • ISBN: 9781594203244 (hbk.)
  • ISBN: 1594203245 (hbk.)

Available copies

  • 3 copies at NOBLE (All Libraries).

Current holds

0 current holds with 3 total copies.

Library Location Call Number Status Due Date
Beverly Main Adult Nonfiction UA 23 .U464 2012 (Text to phone) Available -
Gloucester Adult Nonfiction 355.033/Unger (Text to phone) Available -
Lynnfield Adult Nonfiction UA 23 .U464 2012 (Text to phone) Available -

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.
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.

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Added title: America's pursuit of absolute national security at all costs

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