03117nam 22004695 450 991082227630332120230126220852.00-300-23511-910.12987/9780300235111(CKB)4100000007745100(MiAaPQ)EBC5721848(DE-B1597)540476(OCoLC)1089126059(DE-B1597)9780300235111(EXLCZ)99410000000774510020200406h20192019 fg engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierClear and Present Safety The World Has Never Been Better and Why That Matters to Americans /Michael A. Cohen, Micah ZenkoNew Haven, CT :Yale University Press,[2019]©20191 online resource (271 pages)0-300-22255-6 Frontmatter --Contents --Acknowledgments --Introduction --A Safer and Freer World --Healthier, Wealthier, Better Educated, and More Interconnected --That Which Harms Us --The Grand American Tradition of Threat Inflation --The Threat- Industrial Complex --An Alternative Post- 9/11 History --Conclusion --Notes --IndexAn eye-opening look at the history of national security fear-mongering in America and how it distracts citizens from the issues that really matter What most frightens the average American? Terrorism. North Korea. Iran. But what if none of these are probable or consequential threats to America? What if the world today is safer, freer, wealthier, healthier, and better educated than ever before? What if the real dangers to Americans are noncommunicable diseases, gun violence, drug overdoses-even hospital infections? In this compelling look at what they call the "Threat†'Industrial Complex," Michael A. Cohen and Micah Zenko explain why politicians, policy analysts, academics, and journalists are misleading Americans about foreign threats and ignoring more serious national security challenges at home. Cohen and Zenko argue that we should ignore Washington's threat†'mongering and focus instead on furthering extraordinary global advances in human development and economic and political cooperation. At home, we should focus on that which actually harms us and undermines our quality of life: substandard schools and healthcare, inadequate infrastructure, gun violence, income inequality, and political paralysis.National securityUnited States21st centuryUnited StatesPolitics and government21st centuryUnited StatesSocial conditions21st centuryNational security320.973Cohen Michael A.1944-authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1615593Zenko Micahauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/autYale University Press.DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910822276303321Clear and Present Safety4107745UNINA