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1 online resource (1 audio file (7hr., 07 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Performer |
Read by Mike Chamberlain. |
| Summary |
An 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 non-communicable diseases, gun violence, drug overdoses, and 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 health care, inadequate infrastructure, gun violence, income inequality, and political paralysis. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
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National security -- United States -- 21st century.
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United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
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| Added Author |
Zenko, Micah, author.
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Chamberlain, Mike, narrator.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781982689568 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1982689560 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT12359163 |
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