In democracy's shadow
Subtitle: the secret world of national security
By: edited by Marcus G. Raskin and A. Carl LeVan.
Contributors: Raskin, Marcus G.; LeVan, A. Carl.
Publisher: Nation Books
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 340
Subjects: National security -- United States; United States -- Military policy; United States -- Foreign relations -- 21st century
Description: Contributors trace the evolution and expansion of the National Security State step-by-step through the Cold War up to the present. They demonstrate how, since 1947, decision-making has become more centralized and government less transparent. September 11 has refueled the national security apparatus, but it was up and running long before, [and argue that], far from being a radical breach, post-9/11 politics of interventionism abroad and heightened intolerance at home are an extension of the historical developments. From publisher description.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction:; title: No democracy, no security -- Marcus G. Raskin and A. Carl LeVan; title: National security state and the tragedy of empire -- Marcus G. Raskin and A. Carl LeVan; title: The centrality of the atomic bomb -- Gar Alperovitz and Kai Bird; title: The Cold War and the fate of democratic culture -- Norman Birnbaum; title: The nuclear crucible -- Terrence Edward Paupp; title: The nuclear legacy of the Cold War -- John Steinbruner and Jeffrey Lewis; title: The Iraq War and the future of international law -- Richard Falk; title: Weapons of mass destruction and human rights -- Peter Weiss and John Burroughs; title: Cold War continuum -- William Blum; title: A report on NAFTA and the state of the maquilas -- Saul Landau; title: Courts and universities as institutions in the national security state -- Anabel L. Dwyer and David J. Dwyer; title: The Pentagon's welfare budget -- Seymour Melman; title: Security's conquest of federal law enforcement -- Peter Raven-Hansen; title: The seeds of secrecy, then and now -- Anna K. Nelson; title: The national security state, war, and Congress -- Marcus G. Raskin and A. Carl LeVan; title: Myth versus hypothesis -- Norman Mailer; title: Out of the shadows -- Marcus G. Raskin.