May, Elaine Tyler,

Fortress America : how we embraced fear and abandoned democracy / Elaine Tyler May. - First edition. - vii, 247 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Gimme shelter: security in the atomic age -- The color of danger: from red to black -- Vigilante virtue: fantasy, reality, and the law -- Women: victims or villains? -- Locked up America: self-incarceration and the illusion of security -- Epilogue.

9780465055920 (hardcover)

2017023376


Crime--History--United States--21st century.
Violence--History--United States--21st century.
Public safety--Social aspects--History--United States--21st century.


United States--Social conditions--21st century.
United States--Civilization--21st century.

HV6789 / .M359 2017

364.10973