Michael S. Sherry is the Richard W. Leopold Professor of History Emeritus at Northwestern University. He is the author of several books, including The Punitive Turn in American Life, Gay Artists in Modern American Culture, and In the Shadow of War.
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In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson insisted that 'the policeman is the frontline soldier in our war against crime,' and police forces, arms makers, policy makers, and crime experts heeded this call to arms, bringing weapons and practices from the arena of ... SEE MORE