From the 1940s on, the government worked to prepare the civilian population for the Cold War, despite the disturbing and ridiculous, implications of planning to fight and survive a nuclear war. Neither Dead Nor Red takes on this strange time in American history, arguing that this early Cold War homefront mobilization has had a long-term, negative effect on American society and politics
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This concise, scholarly book is unfortunately much timelier than its author could have hoped.... We learn that a critical issue in 1952 remains as salient in 2002: Does civil defense really aspire to manage consequences of a catastrophic attack, or is it more an experiment in public psychology-- an illusion to ward off mass panic?.
–Foreign Affairs
Based on relevant secondary literature and research into primary sources, this thoughtful, tightly conceptualized, if at times densely theoretical monograph is an important contribution to Cold War political history. Choice.
If you think the Cold War was a charade, a delusion, or a passing fever, read Neither Dead Nor Red to learn otherwise. Grossman's nuanced account shows us the durable political effects of World War II and its aftermath. It also gives us good reasons for worrying today about any claim that rogue states and international terrorism justify abridgement of American freedoms..
–Charles Tilly, Joseph L. Buttenwieser Professor of Social Science, Columbia University
Quite compelling...Grossman's findings are especially significant in revealing how extraordinarily deeply the state was able to penetrate the rest of society. His portrayal of the co-optation of the media is particularly chilling. If Neither Dead Nor Red gets the attention it deserves, it should help move the discussion of the early cold war beyond our traditional preoccupations with diplomacy and partisan politics to an examination of the underlying bureaucratic forces that shaped what has come to be known as the national security state. It is, in short, one of the most coherent case studies of the expansion of the state during the early years of the cold war that has yet to appear..
–Ellen Schrecker, Professor of History, Yeshiva University, and author of Many are the Crimes: McCarthyism in America
This beautifully composed and deeply researched analytical history provides a fresh vantage from which to consider the assertive character of the post-war national security state and its impact on the beliefs and ways of life of ordinary citizens at the outset of the cold war. Neither Dead Nor Red thoughtfully and provocatively illuminates many subjects, including the impact of discretionary power on civil liberty, the erosion of the boundary between normal and emergency periods, and the constriction of the early civil rights movement. No student of post-war America can fail to reckon with its evidence, perspective, and carefully constructed claims..
–Ira Katznelson, Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History, Columbia University
–Foreign Affairs
Based on relevant secondary literature and research into primary sources, this thoughtful, tightly conceptualized, if at times densely theoretical monograph is an important contribution to Cold War political history. Choice.
If you think the Cold War was a charade, a delusion, or a passing fever, read Neither Dead Nor Red to learn otherwise. Grossman's nuanced account shows us the durable political effects of World War II and its aftermath. It also gives us good reasons for worrying today about any claim that rogue states and international terrorism justify abridgement of American freedoms..
–Charles Tilly, Joseph L. Buttenwieser Professor of Social Science, Columbia University
Quite compelling...Grossman's findings are especially significant in revealing how extraordinarily deeply the state was able to penetrate the rest of society. His portrayal of the co-optation of the media is particularly chilling. If Neither Dead Nor Red gets the attention it deserves, it should help move the discussion of the early cold war beyond our traditional preoccupations with diplomacy and partisan politics to an examination of the underlying bureaucratic forces that shaped what has come to be known as the national security state. It is, in short, one of the most coherent case studies of the expansion of the state during the early years of the cold war that has yet to appear..
–Ellen Schrecker, Professor of History, Yeshiva University, and author of Many are the Crimes: McCarthyism in America
This beautifully composed and deeply researched analytical history provides a fresh vantage from which to consider the assertive character of the post-war national security state and its impact on the beliefs and ways of life of ordinary citizens at the outset of the cold war. Neither Dead Nor Red thoughtfully and provocatively illuminates many subjects, including the impact of discretionary power on civil liberty, the erosion of the boundary between normal and emergency periods, and the constriction of the early civil rights movement. No student of post-war America can fail to reckon with its evidence, perspective, and carefully constructed claims..
–Ira Katznelson, Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History, Columbia University
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How was the Truman administration able to implement a long-term war mobilization process and garner the necessary domestic political consensus to support a process that, ultimately, hinged on the concept of nuclear deterrence, a concept that was alien to most Americans in the late 1940s? Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
civic garrison, civilian defense planning, continuous war mobilization, civil defense education, war mobilization process, panic prevention, postwar national security policy, civil defense operations, civil defense literature, national security planners, civil defense planning, warden system, civil defense training, administration planners, civil defense mobilization, national security specialists, nuclear reality, civil defense preparedness, national security elites, domestic political consensus, civic education program, mobilization project, warden services, civil defense plans, war advertising Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Soviet Union, New York, Project East River, New Jersey, President Truman, African Americans, Korean War, Figure One, James Forrestal, Millard Caldwell, Pearl Harbor, State Department, Survival Under Atomic Attack, Table One, Clinton Rossiter, Ferdinand Eberstadt, Jim Crow, Supreme Court, Averell Harriman, Democratic Party, Glen Ridge, Ground Observer Corps, Harold Lasswell, John Foster Dulles New!
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How was the Truman administration able to implement a long-term war mobilization process and garner the necessary domestic political consensus to support a process that, ultimately, hinged on the concept of nuclear deterrence, a concept that was alien to most Americans in the late 1940s? Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
civic garrison, civilian defense planning, continuous war mobilization, civil defense education, war mobilization process, panic prevention, postwar national security policy, civil defense operations, civil defense literature, national security planners, civil defense planning, warden system, civil defense training, administration planners, civil defense mobilization, national security specialists, nuclear reality, civil defense preparedness, national security elites, domestic political consensus, civic education program, mobilization project, warden services, civil defense plans, war advertising Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Soviet Union, New York, Project East River, New Jersey, President Truman, African Americans, Korean War, Figure One, James Forrestal, Millard Caldwell, Pearl Harbor, State Department, Survival Under Atomic Attack, Table One, Clinton Rossiter, Ferdinand Eberstadt, Jim Crow, Supreme Court, Averell Harriman, Democratic Party, Glen Ridge, Ground Observer Corps, Harold Lasswell, John Foster Dulles New!
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