{"product_id":"the-emergency-state-isbn-9780143122975","title":"The Emergency State","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e’s veteran foreign policy editorialist, a lucid analysis of the harm caused by America’s increasingly misdirected national security state\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmerica is trapped in a state of war that has consumed our national life since before Pearl Harbor. Over seven decades and several bloody wars, Democratic and Republican politicians alike have assembled an increasingly complicated, ineffective, and outdated network of security services. Yet this pursuit has not\u003cbr\u003eonly damaged our democratic institutions and undermined our economic strengths; it has fundamentally failed to make us safer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Emergency State\u003c\/i\u003e, senior \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e writer David C. Unger reveals the hidden costs of America’s bipartisan obsession with achieving absolute national security and traces a series of missed opportunities—from the end of World War II through the presidency of Barack Obama—when we could have rethought our defense strategy but did not. Provocative, insightful, and refreshingly nonpartisan, this is the definitive untold story of how America became so vulnerable—and how it can build real security again.\u003cb\u003eEditors' Choice, NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Ambitious and valuable” \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--WASHINGTON POST\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eUnger should be commended \u003c\/b\u003efor contributing to the debate... \u003cb\u003epersuasive\u003c\/b\u003e.\"\u003cbr\u003e— SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Unger’s broad indictment of defense policy—bipartisan if not nonpartisan—is \u003cb\u003esure to spark considerable and worthy debate\u003c\/b\u003e.”\u003cbr\u003e— PUBLISHERS WEEKLY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eAn important perspective\u003c\/b\u003e about opportunities missed and roads not taken\"\u003cbr\u003e— KIRKUS REVIEWS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cb\u003eThoughtful work for your smart political readers.\u003c\/b\u003e”\u003cbr\u003e— LIBRARY JOURNAL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“David Unger's\u003cb\u003e informative, historical and incisive narrative\u003c\/b\u003e clearly illustrates that that the challenge of upholding democratic principles is a constantly evolving challenge for even the most mature of democracies and makes clear that there is no trade-off between security and the respect for human rights and civil liberties.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e— Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations (1997-2006) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"Like a skilled surgeon, David Unger lays bare the pathologies that have disfigured U. S. national security policy over the course of many decades.  The result is \u003cb\u003ea thoughtful, judicious, immensely readable, and vitally important book.\u003c\/b\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e— Andrew J. Bacevich, author of WASHINGTON RULES and THE LIMITS OF POWER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid C. Unger\u003c\/b\u003e has been an editorial writer at the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e for more than thirty years and a member of the paper’s editorial board for twenty-four years. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and teaches at the Bologna Center of the Johns Hopkins University Nitze School of Advanced International Studies. He lives in Bologna, Italy.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303344689381,"sku":"NP9780143122975","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143122975.jpg?v=1767739157","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-emergency-state-isbn-9780143122975","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}