"The Same Agency, Different Name" Assignment: What are the Similarities in the Federal Civil Defense Administration and Office of Homeland Security, and why was it useless to create the new agency?

When facing a threat of mass destruction the United States often responds by creating a new department or office. This is the case whether an office or department is actually needed. Doing so calms the people into thinking the government is on top of things and recognizes the new threat. Paul Boyer's book By the Bombs Early Light: American Thoughts and Culture at the Dawn of the Atomic Age discusses the creation of the Federal …

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