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The horrendous situations of September 11, 2001, heightened awareness of terrorism unlike all but a handful of major catastrophes in American background. Just like the Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and Chief executive Kennedy's assassination on November 22, 1963, 9/11 is a time forever enshrined in our national recollection. But 9/11 once more increased the question: What should administration do to remove or reduce the likelihood of a future assault? How should nationwide leadership balance its responsibility to protect the civil liberties of US citizens with its sworn duty to protect their lives? In The Protection of the Kingdom, J. Michael Martinez occupies the question of how the United States administration has taken care of immediately terrorist disorders and, in the absence of an attack, worries of foreign and subversive elements that may harm the country. In some instances the federal government "overreaction" led to a series of abuses that amplified the severe nature of the original threat. Instead of selecting every illustration of government a reaction to threats, Martinez examines representative instances, from the alien and sedition acts in the 18th century to the post-9/11 "war on terror". Edward Snowden's disclosure of classified information related to the NSA's security program taken to the fore an important controversy about administration scrutiny of its residents. As J. Michael Martinez makes clear in this booklet, this is a debate that has been ongoing for centuries.
