Citizenship in Cold War America : The National Security State and the Possibilities of Dissent /

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Publisher's description: In the wake of 9/11, many Americans have deplored the dangers to liberty posed by a growing surveillance state. In this book, Andrea Friedman moves beyond the standard security/liberty dichotomy, weaving together often forgotten episodes of early Cold War history to rev...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Friedman, Andrea
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social conditions.
Social aspects.
Politics and government.
Political culture.
National security.
Internal security.
Dissenters.
Citizenship > Social aspects.
Citizenship.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Dissidents > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Guerre froide > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
Guerre froide > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Citizenship > United States > History > 20th century.
Citizenship > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Dissenters > United States > History > 20th century.
Internal security > United States > History > 20th century.
National security > United States > History > 20th century.
Cold War > Political aspects > United States.
Political culture > United States > History > 20th century.
Cold War > Social aspects > United States.
United States.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1945-1989.
États-Unis > Conditions sociales > 1945-
United States > Politics and government > 1945-1989.
United States > Social conditions > 1945-
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:Publisher's description: In the wake of 9/11, many Americans have deplored the dangers to liberty posed by a growing surveillance state. In this book, Andrea Friedman moves beyond the standard security/liberty dichotomy, weaving together often forgotten episodes of early Cold War history to reveal how the obsession with national security enabled dissent and fostered new imaginings of democracy. Friedman traverses immigration law and loyalty boards, popular culture and theoretical treatises, U.S. courtrooms and Puerto Rican jails, to demonstrate how Cold War repression made visible in new ways the unevenness and limitations of American citizenship. Highlighting the ways that race and gender shaped critiques and defenses of the national security regime, she offers new insight into the contradictions of Cold War political culture.
Physical Description:1 online resource (288 pages).
ISBN:9781613762967

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