The emergency state
Subtitle: America's pursuit of absolute national security at all costs
By: David C. Unger
Publisher: Penguin Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 359
ISBN-13: 9781594203244
Subjects: Politics and government; Security sector; National security; Crisis management; Politcs and government; Unites States; Decision making; History
Other titles: America's pursuit of absolute national security at all costs
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Losing our way; title: The godfather; title: The framing of the permanent emergency state; title: Runaway train; title: Belated realism; title: Tunnel vision; title: Emergency repairs; title: Damage control; title: A different path; title: The president we wanted; title: Soft landing; title: Bridge to nowhere; title: Come the destroyer; title: Hope abandoned; title: Beyond the emergency state; title: Conclusion.