Fortress America

2017-12-12 History

Author : Elaine Tyler May
Release : 2017-12-12
Genre : History
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Download or read book Fortress America written by Elaine Tyler May. This book was released on 2017-12-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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, making life in America safer than ever. Why, then, are Americans so afraid-and where does this fear lead to? In this remarkable work of social history, Elaine Tyler May demonstrates how our obsession with security has made citizens fear each other and distrust the government, making America less safe and less democratic. Fortress America charts the rise of a muscular national culture, undercutting the common good. Instead of a thriving democracy of engaged citizens, we have become a paranoid, bunkered, militarized, and divided vigilante nation.

Fortress America

2007-09-10 History

Author : J. E. Kaufmann
Release : 2007-09-10
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 342/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Fortress America written by J. E. Kaufmann. This book was released on 2007-09-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the earliest colonial settlements to Cold War bunkers, the North American continent has been home to thousands of forts and fortress structures. Fortress America surveys the broad sweep of fortifications throughout North America-from seacoast forts of the late eighteenth century to wooden inland forts built to defend against Native American, English, French, or Spanish attack; from Civil War-era coastal and inland waterways forts to the Great Plains' forts of the Old West; from World War II subterranean bunkers to Cold War concrete missile silos. The text of Fortress America is complemented with never-before-published photographs, and extraordinary drawings, cut-aways, and diagrams illustrating the design and structure of American forts.

Fortress America

1997-09-01 Business & Economics

Author : Edward J. Blakely
Release : 1997-09-01
Genre : Business & Economics
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Download or read book Fortress America written by Edward J. Blakely. This book was released on 1997-09-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gated communities are a new "hot button" in many North American cities. From Boston to Los Angeles and from Miami to Toronto citizens are taking sides in the debate over whether any neighborhood should be walled and gated, preventing intrusion or inspection by outsiders. This debate has intensified since the hard cover edition of this book was published in 1997. Since then the number of gated communities has risen dramatically. In fact, new homes in over 40 percent of planned developments are gated n the West, the South, and southeastern parts of the United States. Opposition to this phenomenon is growing too. In the small and relatively homogenous town of Worcester, Massachusetts, a band of college students from Brown University and the University of Chicago picketed the Wexford Village in November of 1998 waving placards that read "Gates Divide." These students are symbolic of a much larger wave of citizens asking questions about the need for and the social values of gates that divide one portion of a community from another.

Fortress America

2005 Civil defense

Author : Matthew Brzezinski
Release : 2005
Genre : Civil defense
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Book Rating : 535/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Fortress America written by Matthew Brzezinski. This book was released on 2005. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author explores the world of terrorism prevention and its effects on our daily lives and what it might mena to live in what he refers to as "Fortress America."

Fortress America

2004-12-13 Art

Author : J.E. Kaufmann
Release : 2004-12-13
Genre : Art
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Book Rating : 941/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Fortress America written by J.E. Kaufmann. This book was released on 2004-12-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A comprehensive account of North American fortifications and defense structures from colonial times to the twentieth century, supplemented by scores of remarkable photographs, technical drawings, maps, and diagrams." -- book jacket.

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