garrison state

Example Sentences

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He maintains that “the Global War on Terror” aimed not only to track down terrorists worldwide but also to protect American democracy and prevent the nation’s transformation into an authoritarian garrison state.

From Washington Post

One of the most persuasive and applicable arguments Eisenhower made against the rising power and influence of the military-industrial complex is that resources are finite, and the development of a garrison state will inevitably diminish the social welfare state.

From Salon

“Most of this country is invested in perpetuating the nervous cease-fire of de facto segregation, with its ‘garrison state’ of occupied ghettos that are carefully kept out of sight and mind.”

From Salon

That opens up all kinds of possibilities — that North Korea will no longer be a besieged garrison state but move on a more normal trajectory as an East Asian country.”

From Washington Post

“To what extent are we going to turn ourselves into a garrison state and embrace the airportization of the American life?”

From Washington Post