Matthew Dallek

Defenseless Under the Night

The Roosevelt Years and the Origins of Homeland Security

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Discusses the history of the Office of Civilian Defense, established in 1941 by Franklin Roosevelt to protect Americans from foreign and domestic threats.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 358
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 155mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 658g
• ISBN-13: 9780199743124
• ISBN-10: 0199743126
• Artikelnr.: 47867864

Autorenporträt

Matthew Dallek is Assistant Professor of Political Management at George Washington University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Guns and Butter
Chapter One: "Ultimate Armageddon"
Chapter Two: "No Pact, Treaty, Symbol, or Person"
Chapter Three: "Two Fronts"
Chapter Four: "The Problem of Home Defense"
Chapter Five: "An American Plan"
Chapter Six: London Burning
Chapter Seven: "A Sweeping Conflagration of Insanity"
Chapter Eight: "Heart and Soul"
Chapter Nine: "We Can't All Run to Central Pk"
Chapter Ten: "A Man Must Be Protected"
Chapter Eleven: "Fair Game"
Chapter Twelve: "The Liberal Approach"
Chapter Thirteen: "All These Rights Spell Security'
Conclusion: National Security Liberalism
Notes
Bibliography
Index