Intolerance and Political Repression in the United States: A Half-Century after McCarthyism
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The conventional view of the impact of terrorism on democracy in America since 9/11 is bleak. Pundits in the mass media, candidates on the campaign trail, and scholarly experts portray the United States as a fearful nation whose people are worried about the next terrorist attack and are willing to sacrifice civil liberties at home and support costly and aggressive policies abroad (Ackerman 2007; Dershowitz 2002; Mueller 2006; Chandler and Gunaratna 2007; Robb 2007; Stout 2007). Recent news polls suggest widespread concern and very little confidence that the U.S. is making progress reducing this threat (Polling Report.com 2008).
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