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100	1		_aDallek, Matthew, _d1969-
245	1	0	_aDefenseless under the night : _bthe Roosevelt years and the origins of Homeland Security / _cMatthew Dallek.
246	3	0	_aRoosevelt years and the origins of Homeland Security
263			_a1606
264		1	_aNew York City : _bOxford University Press, _c[2016]
300			_apages cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
500			_aIncludes index.
505	0		_aIntroduction: Guns and butter -- Ultimate armageddon -- No pact, treaty, symbol, or person -- Two fronts -- The problem of home defense -- An American plan -- London burning -- A sweeping conflagration of insanity -- Heart and soul -- We can't all run to Central Park -- A man must be protected -- Fair game -- The liberal approach -- All these rights spell security -- Conclusion: National security liberalism.
520			_a"As the bombs fell on Guernica and the Blitz terrorized Britons--even before Pearl Harbor--Americans watched and worried about attacks on their homeland. In May 1941, FDR established an Office of Civilian Defense to protect Americans from foreign and domestic threats. In this book, Matthew Dallek narrates the history of the Office of Civilian Defense. He uses the development of the precursor of "homeland security" as a way of examining constitutional questions about civil liberties; the role of government in propagandizing to its own citizens; competing visions among liberals and conservatives for establishing a plan to defend America; and federal, state, and local responsibilities for citizen protection. Much of the dramatic tension lies in the preparation of communities against attack and their fears of Japanese invasion along the Pacific Coast and Nazi invasion. So too there was a clash of visions between LaGuardia and Eleanor Roosevelt. The mayor argued that the OCD's focus had to be on preparing the country against German and Japanese attack, including conducting blackout drills, preparing evacuation plans, coordinating emergency medical teams, and protecting industrial plants and transportation centers. The First Lady believed the OCD should also promote social justice for African Americans and women and raise civilian morale. Their clashes frustrated FDR, who pressured them both to resign in 1942, and led to the appointment of James Landis, commissioner of the SEC, who created a semi-military operation that involved grassroots citizen mobilization, including planting Victory Gardens and building the Civil Air Patrol. It was the largest volunteer program in World War II America."--Provided by publisher.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bOffice of Civilian Defense _xHistory.
650		0	_aCivil defense _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _zUnited States.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _xWar work _zUnited States.
600	1	0	_aLandis, James M. _q(James McCauley), _d1899-1964.
600	1	0	_aRoosevelt, Eleanor, _d1884-1962 _xInfluence.
650		0	_aCivil defense _zUnited States _xCitizen participation.
651		0	_aUnited States _xDefenses _xHistory _y20th century.
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aDallek, Matthew, 1969- author. _tDefenseless under the night _dNew York City : Oxford University Press, [2016] _z9780190469535 _w(DLC) 2015048979
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