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Guerra Fredda e ordine. Lo sviluppo della militarizzazione della polizia negli Stati Uniti

  • Daniele Curci

This study explores US police militarization since the 1960s, linking it to the Cold War and internal crises. By adopting military tactics and weaponry, it traces an institutional hybridization that shifted the police's role from prevention to repressive efficiency.

  • Keywords:
  • Police militarization,
  • Cold War,
  • Institutional hybridization,
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Daniele Curci

University of Siena, Italy - ORCID: 0009-0006-6911-4147

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Chapter Information

Chapter Title

Guerra Fredda e ordine. Lo sviluppo della militarizzazione della polizia negli Stati Uniti

Authors

Daniele Curci

Language

Italian

DOI

10.36253/979-12-215-1080-5.05

Peer Reviewed

Publication Year

2026

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© 2026 Author(s)

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CC BY 4.0

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CC0 1.0

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Book Title

Idee e oggetti in movimento: circolazione, connessioni, percezioni, limitazioni

Book Subtitle

Atti del Convegno 2023 del corso di dottorato in Studi Storici delle Università di Firenze e Siena (Siena, 17 maggio 2023)

Editors

Alberto Cancellara, Andrea Nossa, Leandro Stacchini, Barbara Testini

Peer Reviewed

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202

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2026

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© 2026 Author(s)

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CC BY 4.0

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Firenze University Press

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10.36253/979-12-215-1080-5

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