American national identity and wartime security policy: a multiple traditions analysis

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dc.contributor.advisorMcCartney, Paul
dc.contributor.advisorMcCartney, Paul
dc.contributor.authorCalderon, Michele
dc.contributor.programTowson University. Social Sciences Programen_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-31T21:19:40Z
dc.date.available2017-08-31T21:19:40Z
dc.date.issued2017-08-31
dc.date.submitted2017-05
dc.description(M.S.) -- Towson University, 2017en_US
dc.description.abstractUsing a case study approach, this paper examines American national identity through the impacts that discriminatory wartime domestic security policies have on perceived enemy populations. The central argument holds that although Americans claim a principled commitment to the Creed, they deviate from their principles when national security threats arise, indicating that Americans hold beliefs about themselves that are conceptually prior to the Creed. Otherization of perceived enemies during wartime represents a deviation from the Creed and demonstrates that multiple traditions frame American national identity. Otherization becomes a tool that Americans use to reconcile their principles with their contradictory and inegalitarian practices, but the Creed exists to keep their deviations temporary.en_US
dc.description.tableofcontentsTheory -- Historical wars. 1798 quasi war with France; Civil War; World War II -- War on Terror
dc.description.urihttps://cdm17252.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/etd/id/57396
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dc.format.extentv, 151 pagesen_US
dc.genrethesesen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/M27S7HS5B
dc.identifier.otherTSP2017Calderon
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/4746
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.titleAmerican national identity and wartime security policy: a multiple traditions analysisen_US
dc.typeTexten_US

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