Assignment task:
The National Security State became established in 1947 as a reorganization of how the government deals with matters of military and foreign affairs. How does Andrew Baceviche (retired US Army officer and Boston University professor specializing in foreign affairs and national security) describe the National Security State? Select all that apply... Group of answer choices A state beyond the elected state/government provided by the constitution A state that asserts influence upon the media and, otherwise, narrows the parameters of public debate and discussion as to discourage questioning the validity of our wars and military expansion. A state that is fixated on sometimes real, but mostly imagined, foreign threats A state that advances militarization by generating propaganda with which to terrorize the public into feeling perpetually threatened. A state that mediates the confusion and complexity of foreign affairs by clearly articulating to the public who/what threatens US security, what their motives are, and the options countering illegitimate motives and lessening the potential for conflicting interests to escalate An unelected body that wields just as much, if not more, authority over foreign policy/affairs as elected government.