National security panics : overestimating threats to national security

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Political Science, 2002. === Includes bibliographical references (p. 415-427). === Three times in this century the US public has panicked with fear because of exaggerations of external threats to the nation. These panics peaked in 1950...

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Main Author: Cramer, Jane Kellett, 1964-
Other Authors: Stephen Van Evera.
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2007
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Online Access:http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/8312
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/8312