LEADER 03117nam 22004695 450 001 9910793596103321 005 20230126220852.0 010 $a0-300-23511-9 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300235111 035 $a(CKB)4100000007745100 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5721848 035 $a(DE-B1597)540476 035 $a(OCoLC)1089126059 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300235111 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000007745100 100 $a20200406h20192019 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aClear and Present Safety $eThe World Has Never Been Better and Why That Matters to Americans /$fMichael A. Cohen, Micah Zenko 210 1$aNew Haven, CT :$cYale University Press,$d[2019] 210 4$dİ2019 215 $a1 online resource (271 pages) 311 $a0-300-22255-6 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$tA Safer and Freer World --$tHealthier, Wealthier, Better Educated, and More Interconnected --$tThat Which Harms Us --$tThe Grand American Tradition of Threat Inflation --$tThe Threat- Industrial Complex --$tAn Alternative Post- 9/11 History --$tConclusion --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aAn 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. 606 $aNational security$zUnited States$y21st century 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y21st century 607 $aUnited States$xSocial conditions$y21st century 615 0$aNational security 676 $a320.973 700 $aCohen$b Michael A.$f1944-$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01511659 702 $aZenko$b Micah$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 712 02$aYale University Press. 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910793596103321 996 $aClear and Present Safety$93745103 997 $aUNINA