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Citizenship in Cold War America : the national security state and the possibilities of dissent / Andrea Friedman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Friedman, Andrea, author.
- Series:
- Culture, politics, and the cold war.
- Culture, Politics, and the Cold War
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Citizenship--United States--History--20th century.
- Citizenship.
- Citizenship--Social aspects--United States--History--20th century.
- Dissenters--United States--History--20th century.
- Dissenters.
- Internal security--United States--History--20th century.
- Internal security.
- National security--United States--History--20th century.
- National security.
- United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
- United States.
- United States--Social conditions--1945-.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (292 pages) : illustrations, photographs.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : University of Massachusetts Press, 2014.
- Summary:
- In the wake of 9/11, many Americans have deplored the dangers to liberty posed by a growing surveillance state.In this book, Andrea Friedman moves beyond the standard security/liberty dichotomy, weaving together often forgotten episodes of early Cold War history to reveal how the obsession with national security enabled dissent and fostered new.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Citizenship stories in exceptional times
- Internal security, national security : psychological citizenship in the Cold War era
- The case of the war bride : liberal citizenship and human rights in the national security state
- The right to earn a living : loyalty, race, and economic citizenship
- "A dependent independence and a dominated dominion" : empire and semi-citizenship on the Cold War stage
- "The show of violence" : social citizenship, democracy, and the remaking of national security
- Conclusion: Exceptions, exceptionalism, and US citizenship.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-61376-296-8
- OCLC:
- 933515983
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