Screen LibraryNever-ending war on terror /
"An entire generation of young adults has never known an America without the War on Terror. This book contends with the pervasive effects of post-9/11 policy- and myth-making in the United States in every corner of American life. Never-Ending War on Terror is organized around five keywords that...
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University of California Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oakland, California : |
| Publication Dates: | [2021] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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American studies now : critical histories of the present ;
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"An entire generation of young adults has never known an America without the War on Terror. This book contends with the pervasive effects of post-9/11 policy- and myth-making in the United States in every corner of American life. Never-Ending War on Terror is organized around five keywords that have come to define the cultural and political moment: homeland, security, privacy, torture, and drone. Alex Lubin synthesizes nearly two decades of United States war-making against terrorism by asking how the War on Terror has changed American politics and society, and how the War on Terror draws on historical myths about American national and imperial identity. From the PATRIOT Act to the hit show Homeland, from Edward Snowden to Guantanamo Bay, and from 9/11 memorials to Trumpism, this succinct book connects America's political economy and international relations to our contemporary culture at every turn"-- |
| Carrier Form: | 140 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-140). |
| Index Number: | HV6432 |
| CLC: | D771.233.9 |
| Call Number: | D771.233.9/L929 |
| Contents: | An introduction without a beginning -- Mourning in America -- Privacy and security -- Liberal torture -- Extrajudicial assassination by drone -- A conclusion without an ending. |