the secret world of national security Raskin, Marcus G. LeVan, A. Carl. text nyu New York Nation Books 2005 monographic eng EN

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340p.; 21 cm. Introduction: No democracy, no security / Marcus G. Raskin and A. Carl LeVan -- National security state and the tragedy of empire / Marcus G. Raskin and A. Carl LeVan -- The centrality of the atomic bomb / Gar Alperovitz and Kai Bird -- The Cold War and the fate of democratic culture / Norman Birnbaum -- The nuclear crucible / Terrence Edward Paupp -- The nuclear legacy of the Cold War / John Steinbruner and Jeffrey Lewis -- The Iraq War and the future of international law / Richard Falk -- Weapons of mass destruction and human rights / Peter Weiss and John Burroughs -- Cold War continuum / William Blum -- A report on NAFTA and the state of the maquilas / Saul Landau -- Courts and universities as institutions in the national security state / Anabel L. Dwyer and David J. Dwyer -- The Pentagon’s welfare budget / Seymour Melman -- Security’s conquest of federal law enforcement / Peter Raven-Hansen -- The seeds of secrecy, then and now / Anna K. Nelson -- The national security state, war, and Congress / Marcus G. Raskin and A. Carl LeVan -- Myth versus hypothesis / Norman Mailer -- Out of the shadows / Marcus G. Raskin. edited by Marcus G. Raskin and Carl LeVan. Includes index. National security United States United States Military policy United States Foreign relations 21st century UA 23 I35 2005 1560256966 060907 20230410105249.0 26602