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Clear and present safety, the world has never been better and why that matters to Americans, Michael A. Cohen and Micah Zenko

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Clear and present safety

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Michael A. Cohen and Micah Zenko

the world has never been better and why that matters to Americans

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 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. --, Provided by publisher

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 -- Index

Clear & present safety