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Author Unger, David C.

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

Publication Info. New York : Penguin Press, 2012.

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 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  355.033 UNGER    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  355.033 UNGER    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  355.033 UN3    Check Shelf
Description 359 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Subject National security -- United States.
Crisis management -- United States.
National security -- United States -- Decision making.
Security sector -- Unites States -- History.
United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
United States -- Politcs and government -- 21st century.
Added Title America's pursuit of absolute national security at all costs
ISBN 9781594203244: $27.95
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