In democracy's shadow : the secret world of national security / edited by Marcus G. Raskin and A. Carl LeVan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Raskin, Marcus G.

LeVan, A. Carl.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Politics and government.

United States.

Politics and government.

National security--United States.

National security.

United States--Foreign relations--21st century.

International relations.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 340 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Nation Books, [2005]

Summary:

The response to the September 11 tragedy has raised fears about the American empire abroad and the gutting of constitutional liberties at home. But the editors of this book-one of whom, Marcus Raskin, served on the National Security Council-claim that the changes in the American government since the attacks, though profound, are not necessarily new. The "National Security State" has shaped our government for at least a century, and since 1947, it has embedded itself in the attitudes of the bureaucracy, the major political parties, and the educational system. This collection of original essays-which includes such distinguished historians as Gar Alperovitz, Kai Bird, William Blum, Saul Landau, and Carolyn Eisenberg-traces those changes back to the early years of the twentieth century, and follows them step by step through the cold war to the present.

Contents:

Introduction: No democracy, no security / Marcus G. Raskin and A. Carl LeVan

The national security state and the tragedy of empire / Marcus G. Raskin and A. Carl LeVan

The centrality of the atomic bomb / Gar Alperovitz and Kai Bird

The Cold War and the fate of democratic culture / Norman Birnbaum

The nuclear crucible / Terrence Edward Paupp

The nuclear legacy of the Cold War / John Steinbruner and Jeffrey Lewis

The Iraq War and the future of international law / Richard Falk

Weapons of mass destruction and human rights / Peter Weiss and John Burroughs

Cold War continuum / William Blum

A report on NAFTA and the state of the maquilas / Saul Landau

Courts and universities as institutions in the national security state / Anabel L. Dwyer and David J. Dwyer

The Pentagon's welfare budget / Seymour Melman

Security's conquest of federal law enforcement / Peter Raven-Hansen

The seeds of secrecy, then and now / Anna K. Nelson

The national security state, war, and Congress / Marcus G. Raskin and A. Carl LeVan

Myth versus hypothesis / Norman Mailer

Out of the shadows / Marcus G. Raskin.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1560256966

OCLC:

58654090