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Citizenship
Citizenship of the United States
Cold War
Communism
Communist state
Cubans
Eastern Europe
Emigration
Employment
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European migrant crisis
Foreign policy
Foreign policy of the United States
Hungarians
Ideology
Illegal immigration
Immigration
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Immigration law
Immigration policy
Immigration reform
Immigration to the United States
Individual and group rights
Indochina
Internal security
International organization
Jews
John F. Kennedy
Legislation
National identity
National security
Nationality
Nazism
Obstructionism
Opposition to immigration
Persecution
Policy
Political culture
Political history
Politician
Politics
Population transfer
Publishing
Red Scare
Refugee
Refugee Act
Refugee camp
Refugee law
Repatriation (humans)
Republican Party (United States)
Right of asylum
Society of the United States
Soviet Union
Subversion
Supporter
The Other Hand
Third World
Totalitarianism
Trade union
Unemployment
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
United States
United States Department of State
Veto
Welfare
West Germany
World War II
Product details
- ISBN 9780691123325
- Weight: 510g
- Dimensions: 152 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 05 Oct 2008
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Unlike the 1930s, when the United States tragically failed to open its doors to Europeans fleeing Nazism, the country admitted over three million refugees during the Cold War. This dramatic reversal gave rise to intense political and cultural battles, pitting refugee advocates against determined opponents who at times successfully slowed admissions. The first comprehensive historical exploration of American refugee affairs from the midcentury to the present, Americans at the Gate explores the reasons behind the remarkable changes to American refugee policy, laws, and programs. Carl Bon Tempo looks at the Hungarian, Cuban, and Indochinese refugee crises, and he examines major pieces of legislation, including the Refugee Relief Act and the 1980 Refugee Act. He argues that the American commitment to refugees in the post-1945 era occurred not just because of foreign policy imperatives during the Cold War, but also because of particular domestic developments within the United States such as the Red Scare, the Civil Rights Movement, the rise of the Right, and partisan electoral politics.
Using a wide variety of sources and documents, Americans at the Gate considers policy and law developments in connection with the organization and administration of refugee programs.
Carl J. Bon Tempo is assistant professor of history at the State University of New York at Albany.
