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Many Americans believe that foreign military intervention is central to protecting our domestic freedoms. But Christopher J. Coyne and Abigail R. Hall urge engaged citizens to think again. Overseas, our government takes actions in the name of defense that would not be permissible within national borders. Emboldened by the relative weakness of governance abroad, the U.S. government is able to experiment with a broader range of social controls. Under certain conditions, these policies, tactics, and technologies are then re-imported to America, changing the national landscape and increasing the extent to which we live in a police state.Christopher J. Coyne and Abigail R. Hall examine this pattern--which they dub "the boomerang effect"--considering a variety of rich cases that include the rise of state surveillance, the militarization of domestic law enforcement, the expanding use of drones, and torture in U.S. prisons. Synthesizing research and applying an economic lens, they develop a generalizable theory to predict and explain a startling trend. unveils a new aspect of the symbiotic relationship between foreign interventions and domestic politics. It gives us alarming insight into i

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Author

Coyne, Christopher J. ;Hall, Abigail R.

Publisher

Stanford University Press

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9781503605275

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Business, Sociology, Military