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Never-Ending War on Terror
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Alex Lubin
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English
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2021
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A concise primer to the political, cultural, and social consequences of the perpetual US global 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 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.
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 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.
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Lubin Alex :
Alex Lubin is Professor of African American Studies at Penn State University, where he studies the transnational history of the African Diaspora in the Middle East/North Africa. He is the author of Geographies of Liberation: The Making of an Afro-Arab Political Imaginary.
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American studies now: Critical histories of the present
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Contents
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Overview
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An Introduction without a Beginning
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1. Mourning in America
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2. Privacy and Security
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3. Liberal Torture
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4. Extrajudicial Assassination by Drone
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A Conclusion without an Ending
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Acknowledgments
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Notes
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Glossary
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Key Figures
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Selected Bibliography
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January 5, 2021
eBook ISBN:
9780520969773
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152
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Keywords for this book
american studies; how 911 has affected; politics; culture; national identity; military dynamics; books for gen z; us national and imperial development; contemporary american history; accessible primer; short books; reference guide to the war on terror; reference; guide to the war on terror
