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An award-winning historian untangles the origins of America's culture of fear, and argues which it imperils our democracy Going back 60 years, fear has seeped into all areas of American life: People in america own more guns than citizens of another country, sequester themselves in gated communities, and retreat from general public spaces. And yet, criminal offenses rates have plummeted, making life in America safer than ever before. Why, then, are People in america so scared - and where will this fear lead to? In this amazing work of sociable record, Elaine Tyler May shows how our obsession with security has made citizens fear each other and distrust the federal government, making America less safe and less democratic. Fortress America charts the rise of any muscular nationwide culture, undercutting the normal good. Rather than a growing democracy of engaged citizens, we have turn into a paranoid, bunkered, militarized, and divided vigilante country.
