The theater of operations : national security affect from the Cold War to the War on Terror /

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How did the most powerful nation on earth come to embrace terror as the organizing principle of its security policy? In The Theater of Operations, Joseph Masco locates the origins of the present-day U.S. counterterrorism apparatus in the Cold War's 'balance of terror.' He shows how, a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Masco, Joseph, 1964- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 2014.
Temas:
1900-2099
Terrorism > United States > Prevention > History > 20th century.
Terrorism > United States > Prevention > History > 21st century.
National security > United States > History > 20th century.
National security > United States > History > 21st century.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
National security
Terrorism > Prevention
Sicherheitspolitik
United States
USA
United States.
History
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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