The emerging American garrison state / Milton J. Esman.

Author
Esman, Milton J. (Milton Jacob), 1918-2015 [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Description
v, 106 pages ; 23 cm.

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    "The United States Government is in the process of evolving, irreversibly, from a constitutional to a garrison state. The Emerging American Garrison State describes and analyzes the emergence of the American global empire and the role of the garrison state in protecting the threatened homeland and defending the declining imperium. Author Milton J. Esman analyzes the ideology, strategy, political economy, institutions, and culture that underlie the militarized garrison state and the rise of the autonomous presidency as its dominant institution. Contrasting the governing institutions of the garrison state with those of the previous constitutional order and describing the effects of the new regime on the several classes of American society, this book is required reading for students of American government and society."--Publisher's website.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • What is a garrison state: concept and definition
    • Historical antecedents
    • Origins and consolidation of the imperium
    • The shock of 9/11 and its consequences
    • The five dimensions of the American garrison state
    • The autonomous commander-in-chief
    • The Threat to Civil Liberties
    • Future prospects: Garrison state in a declining superpower.
    ISBN
    • 9780230339989
    • 0230339980
    • 9781137214959 ((EPUB))
    • 1137214953 ((EPUB))
    • 9781137093653 ((PDF))
    • 113709365X ((PDF))
    LCCN
    2012474335
    OCLC
    792880342
    Other standard number
    • 40021822585
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