One Nation Under Seige

Author : Jocelyn Evans
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2010-07-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780813173825

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Following the terrorist attacks of 9/11, America’s political institutions underwent radical changes as they adapted to comprehensive security reforms. While the media exhaustively covered new security protocols in the executive office, little attention was paid to other federal agencies and branches that overhauled their systems to accommodate heightened security requirements. As a congressional fellow living in Washington, D.C., Jocelyn Jones Evans was an eyewitness to the institutional culture of Capitol Hill before and after the 9/11 terrorist attacks as well as during the subsequent anthrax scare. In One Nation Under Siege: Congress, Terrorism, and the Fate of American Democracy, Evans uses her personal experiences as the foundation for a richly researched analysis of how Congress changed as an institution and a national symbol in the wake of 9/11. Evans reveals not only physical transformations but also internal policy shifts that threaten democracy by limiting citizens’ access to their elected leaders. The only comprehensive study of the effects of terrorism on the nation’s capital, One Nation Under Siege provides a detailed investigation of how the nation’s intricate political system adapted in times of crisis. It covers an essential chapter in the social and political history of the United States.

Author : Jocelyn Jones Evans
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2024-07-04
Category : Civil rights
ISBN : 0813135486

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One Nation Under Siege by Jocelyn Jones Evans Pdf

Following the terrorist attacks of 9/11, America's political institutions underwent radical changes as they adapted to comprehensive security reforms. While the media exhaustively covered new security protocols in the executive office, little attention was paid to other federal agencies and branches that overhauled their systems to accommodate heightened security requirements. As a congressional fellow living in Washington, D.C., Jocelyn Jones Evans was an eyewitness to the institutional culture of Capitol Hill before and after the 9/11 terrorist attacks as well as during the subsequent anthrax.

Author : Peter Gaunt
Publisher : Stationery Office Books (TSO)
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : UOM:39015037342139

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A Nation Under Siege by Peter Gaunt Pdf

Tells the story of the Civil War years in Wales. Military events are placed in context by looking at the background, reactions and doubts of the people.

Author : M. Blake
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114573269

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A Nation Under Siege by M. Blake Pdf

Author M. Blake asks readers to imagine what Iranian mullahs, filled with hate and armed with nuclear weapons could do to the world. Adolf Hitler never had nukes, but Blake argues the Iranian government will soon. Blake continues with his argument, saying Iran is seeking nuclear weapons to promote its goals of conquering the oil-rich countries of the Middle East; driving the United States out of the region; and eventually destroying Israel, Europe, and the United States. This book is intended to be not just a picture of where Americans are, but a wake-up call to let Americans know that the Khomeini network is actively planning to destroy the United States.

Author : Kevin M. Kruse
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780465040643

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One Nation Under God by Kevin M. Kruse Pdf

The provocative and authoritative history of the origins of Christian America in the New Deal era We're often told that the United States is, was, and always has been a Christian nation. But in One Nation Under God, historian Kevin M. Kruse reveals that the belief that America is fundamentally and formally Christian originated in the 1930s. To fight the "slavery" of FDR's New Deal, businessmen enlisted religious activists in a campaign for "freedom under God" that culminated in the election of their ally Dwight Eisenhower in 1952. The new president revolutionized the role of religion in American politics. He inaugurated new traditions like the National Prayer Breakfast, as Congress added the phrase "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance and made "In God We Trust" the country's first official motto. Church membership soon soared to an all-time high of 69 percent. Americans across the religious and political spectrum agreed that their country was "one nation under God." Provocative and authoritative, One Nation Under God reveals how an unholy alliance of money, religion, and politics created a false origin story that continues to define and divide American politics to this day.

Author : Robert E. Wright
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2008-05-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780071543941

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One Nation Under Debt: Hamilton, Jefferson, and the History of What We Owe by Robert E. Wright Pdf

Like its current citizens, the United States was born in debt-a debt so deep that it threatened to destroy the young nation. Thomas Jefferson considered the national debt a monstrous fraud on posterity, while Alexander Hamilton believed debt would help America prosper. Both, as it turns out, were right. One Nation Under Debt explores the untold history of America's first national debt, which arose from the immense sums needed to conduct the American Revolution. Noted economic historian Robert Wright, Ph.D. tells in riveting narrative how a subjugated but enlightened people cast off a great tyrant-“but their liberty, won with promises as well as with the blood of patriots, came at a high price.” He brings to life the key events that shaped the U.S. financial system and explains how the actions of our forefathers laid the groundwork for the debt we still carry today. As an economically tenuous nation by Revolution's end, America's people struggled to get on their feet. Wright outlines how the formation of a new government originally reduced the nation's debt-but, as debt was critical to this government's survival, it resurfaced, to be beaten back once more. Wright then reveals how political leaders began accumulating massive new debts to ensure their popularity, setting the financial stage for decades to come. Wright traces critical evolutionary developments-from Alexander Hamilton's creation of the nation's first modern capital market, to the use of national bonds to further financial goals, to the drafting of state constitutions that created non-predatory governments. He shows how, by the end of Andrew Jackson's administration, America's financial system was contributing to national growth while at the same time new national and state debts were amassing, sealing the fate for future generations.

Author : Barbara A. West
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : National security
ISBN : STANFORD:36105020389248

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Nation Under Siege, Bodies Under Siege by Barbara A. West Pdf

Author : Ron Paul
Publisher : Ludwig von Mises Institute
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Civil rights
ISBN : 9781610164443

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Freedom Under Siege by Ron Paul Pdf

Author : Madiha Afzal
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780815729464

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Pakistan Under Siege by Madiha Afzal Pdf

Over the last fifteen years, Pakistan has come to be defined exclusively in terms of its struggle with terror. But are ordinary Pakistanis extremists? And what explains how Pakistanis think? Much of the current work on extremism in Pakistan tends to study extremist trends in the country from a detached position—a top-down security perspective, that renders a one-dimensional picture of what is at its heart a complex, richly textured country of 200 million people. In this book, using rigorous analysis of survey data, in-depth interviews in schools and universities in Pakistan, historical narrative reporting, and her own intuitive understanding of the country, Madiha Afzal gives the full picture of Pakistan’s relationship with extremism. The author lays out Pakistanis’ own views on terrorist groups, on jihad, on religious minorities and non-Muslims, on America, and on their place in the world. The views are not radical at first glance, but are riddled with conspiracy theories. Afzal explains how the two pillars that define the Pakistani state—Islam and a paranoia about India—have led to a regressive form of Islamization in Pakistan’s narratives, laws, and curricula. These, in turn, have shaped its citizens’ attitudes. Afzal traces this outlook to Pakistan’s unique and tortured birth. She examines the rhetoric and the strategic actions of three actors in Pakistani politics—the military, the civilian governments, and the Islamist parties—and their relationships with militant groups. She shows how regressive Pakistani laws instituted in the 1980s worsened citizen attitudes and led to vigilante and mob violence. The author also explains that the educational regime has become a vital element in shaping citizens’ thinking. How many years one attends school, whether the school is public, private, or a madrassa, and what curricula is followed all affect Pakistanis’ attitudes about terrorism and the rest of the world. In the end, Afzal suggests how this beleaguered nation—one with seemingly insurmountable problems in governance and education—can change course.

Author : Don Hutchinson
Publisher : Word Alive Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2017-02-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781486614530

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Under Siege by Don Hutchinson Pdf

Writing from the perspective of a student of life, history, law, politics, and theology, Don Hutchinson draws on all of these areas in Under Siege to offer perceptive insight into the Christian Church of today’s Canada. The reader will receive the benefit of his thirty years of church leadership, Christian witness, constitutional law, and public policy experience to gain a practical understanding of how we, the Church, may cast the deciding votes on the future of Christianity in our constitutionally guaranteed “free and democratic society.” How did we get here? What happened to “Christian” Canada? Do we not have Charter rights like everyone else? What does the Bible say? Many Christians sense that an advancing secularism is trying to force upon Canadians a culture in which faith is meant to be private. Hutchinson presents historic, legal, and theological grounds for us not to hide our faith in stained-glass closets, but instead to enter Canada’s contested public space with confidence. Together as individual Christians, congregations, denominations, and para-congregational ministries, we are the Church in Canada. And together we have the capacity to impact the nation for God’s good, the good of our neighbours, and the good of ourselves. Will we?

Author : Rick Hornung
Publisher : Pantheon
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : UOM:39015021533230

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One Nation Under the Gun by Rick Hornung Pdf

The subject of a controversial legal dispute, and a number-one bestseller in Canada, One Nation gives a riveting account of deep-seated divisions, leading to violence, among one of the great aboriginal peoples of North America--divisions brought about by the introduction of lucrative gambling casinos on their lands.

Author : James P. Moore
Publisher : Random House Large Print Publishing
Page : 936 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0375728376

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One Nation Under God by James P. Moore Pdf

Author : David R. Cameron,Gustav Ranis,Annalisa Zinn
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2006-04-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135987725

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Globalization and Self-Determination by David R. Cameron,Gustav Ranis,Annalisa Zinn Pdf

Is the nation state under siege? A common answer is that globalization poses two fundamental threats to state sovereignty. The first concerns the unleashing of centrifugal and centripetal forces - such as increasing market integration and the activities of institutions like the IMF, World Bank, and WTO - that imperil state sovereignty from 'outside' the nation state. The second threat emanates from self-determination movements that jeopardize state sovereignty from 'inside'. Rigorously analyzing popular hypotheses on globalization's effect on state sovereignty from a broad social sciences perspective, the authors use empirical evidence to suggest that globalization's multilevel threats to state sovereignty have been overestimated. In most instances globalization is likely to generate pressure for increased government spending while only one form of market integration - foreign direct investment by multinational enterprises - appears to increase any feeling of economic insecurity. This volume will be invaluable to course instructors at both graduate and undergraduate levels, policy makers and members of the general public who are concerned about the effects of globalization on the nation-state.

Author : Stephen Coonts
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Adventure stories
ISBN : 9780671742942

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Under Siege by Stephen Coonts Pdf

Captain Jake Grafton faces the duel threats of a determined assassin and a vicious drug lord, both intent on plunging the U.S. into chaos.

Author : Brian C. Castrucci,Georges Benjamin,Grace Guerrero Ramirez,Grace Castillo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Medical policy
ISBN : 0875533191

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Public Health Under Siege by Brian C. Castrucci,Georges Benjamin,Grace Guerrero Ramirez,Grace Castillo Pdf

"For those who seek to improve health through policy change, this book is intended to be your companion. It is written by practitioners, elected officials, and other policymakers who have firsthand experience with the complex dynamics of policymaking through their professional careers. Its chapters share perspectives on the power of policy from the federal, state, and local levels; demonstrate several evidence-based policy packages developed by leading public health organizations; provide perspectives not only on legislative policy but on the roles of litigation and regulation; and reveal the existing threats to using policy to impact health. We hope that this book will inspire current and future public health practitioners and pMolicymakers to use policy to achieve optimal and equitable health for all"--