Defenseless under the night : the Roosevelt years and the origins of Homeland Security /

"As the bombs fell on Guernica and the Blitz terrorized Britons--even before Pearl Harbor--Americans watched and worried about attacks on their homeland. In May 1941, FDR established an Office of Civilian Defense to protect Americans from foreign and domestic threats. In this book, Matthew Dall...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dallek, Matthew, 1969- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York City : Oxford University Press, [2016]
Temas:
Landis, James M. > (James McCauley), > 1899-1964.
Roosevelt, Eleanor, > 1884-1962 > Influence.
Landis, James M. > (James McCauley), > 1899-1964
Roosevelt, Eleanor, > 1884-1962
United States. > Office of Civilian Defense > History.
United States. > Office of Civilian Defense
1900-1999
Civil defense > United States > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > United States.
World War, 1939-1945 > War work > United States.
Civil defense > United States > Citizen participation.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > États-Unis.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Participation des civils > États-Unis.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Civil defense
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Military readiness
War work
United States > Defenses > History > 20th century.
États-Unis > Défense nationale > Histoire > 20e siècle.
United States
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Guns and butter
  • Ultimate armageddon
  • No pact, treaty, symbol, or person
  • Two fronts
  • The problem of home defense
  • An American plan
  • London burning
  • A sweeping conflagration of insanity
  • Heart and soul
  • We can't all run to Central Park
  • A man must be protected
  • Fair game
  • The liberal approach
  • All these rights spell security
  • Conclusion: National security liberalism.

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