Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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978-0-7425-2754-6 • Hardback • March 2003 • $102.00 • (£78.00)
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Amitai Etzioni is university professor and the director of the Institute for Communitarian Policy Studies at The George Washington University. He is the author of 21 books, including, most recently, The Monochrome Society, Next: The Road to the Good Society, and The Limits of Privacy. Professor Etzioni served as senior advisor to the White House from 1979 to 1980 and as president of the American Sociological Association from 1994 to 1995, and founded the International Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics. He is the editor of The Responsive Community, a communitarian quarterly. Jason H. Marsh is a journalist and former managing editor of The Responsive Community.
Chapter 1 Introduction: Rights and Responsibilities, Post 9/11
Chapter 2 The Basics
Chapter 3 A Clear and Present Danger
Chapter 4 A Vision for Uniting and Strengthening America
Chapter 5 We Can Strike a Balance on Civil Liberties
Chapter 6 Antiterrorism Tools: A Summary of the USA Patriot Act and the Order on Military Tribunals
Chapter 7 The Truth About Our Liberties
Chapter 8 The Specifics
Chapter 9 Immigration
Chapter 10 A Privilege or a Right?
Chapter 11 Let's Fight Terrorism, Not the Constitution
Chapter 12 Confusing Freedom with License-Licenses Terrorism, Not Freedom
Chapter 13 Racial Profiling
Chapter 14 Discrimination We're Afraid to Be Against
Chapter 15 A (Potentially) Useful Tool
Chapter 16 Freedom of the Press vs. National Security
Chapter 17 Military Secrets and the First Amendment
Chapter 18 Patriots and Professionals: Journalists as Responsible Citizens
Chapter 19 Public Health
Chapter 20 Public Health in the Age of Bioterrorism: A Dialogue
Chapter 21 A Just War?
Chapter 22 What We're Fighting For: A Letter from America
Chapter 23 This is Not Our War: A Letter from United States Citizens to Friends in Europe
Chapter 24 National Service
Chapter 25 Putting Patriotism into Practice
Chapter 26 A New Draft for a New Time
Chapter 27 Citizenship and Sacrifice
Chapter 28 American Society after September 11
Chapter 29 A Stronger Nation
Chapter 30 The New Public Spirit
Chapter 31 Government to the Rescue
Chapter 32 Index
Chapter 33 About the Contributors
All points of view are provided and, if the actions taken by the government to respond to terrorism concern you, then this book should be on your reading list.....
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This is a useful summary of the post-9/11 debate and adjustments made in the line between rights and safety in what many see as a struggle like the Cold War. Highly recommended.....
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This collection covers most of the important issues about civil liberties and homeland security, uses articulate spokesmen, provides reasonable balance, and is succinct. Overall, this book would be useful for introductory level college or high school civics....
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An excellent collection of essays on important issues that have arisen from or been sharpened by the events of 9/11. It should be useful both in the classroom and as a valuable resource for thoughtful citizens.....
— Thomas Spragens, Jr.