Fortress America: How We Embraced Fear and Abandoned Democracy
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An award-winning historian argues that America's obsession with security imperils our democracy in this "compelling" portrait of cultural anxiety (Mary L. Dudziak, author of War Time).
For the last sixty years, fear has seeped into every area of American life: Americans own more guns than citizens of any other country, sequester themselves in gated communities, and retreat from public spaces. And yet, crime rates have plummeted,...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0465055923
ISBN13:9780465055920
Release Date:December 2017
Publisher:Basic Books
Length:256 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.3" x 9.4"
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