The Home Front

<p>The United States often struggles to find a wartime balance between liberty and security which in turn appears to affect Americans' trust in their government. The US finds itself at odds between its carefully crafted Wilsonian image of the eminent democratic nation state and its more restrictive wartime civil rights policies. The US remains ambivalent caught between liberal and conservative impulses that produce a vicious cycle of civil rights abuse followed by apology and retribution. The US is again in the midst of this cycle. The attacks of September 11 2001 and subsequent GWOT have given the US federal government renewed latitude with the civil rights of its citizens. The research question this study addresses is: to what degree does sacrificing the American value of liberty in the name of security affect the public's trust in the government and its resulting freedom of action in the name of national security?</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>