Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface Ichthyoid man: Arcimboldo’s the water (1 566) vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Introduction: Orientalist fear 1
6. 1 The Exorcist: Assault on american confidence (197 3 ) 30
7. 2 Rollover: Assault on the American economy (1981 ) 60
8. Black Sunday: The loss of frontier heroism (1976) 93
9. Three Kings: Assault on victory culture (1999) 124
10. Rules of Engagement: attack from the multicultural front (2000) 163
11. CNN’s America Remembers: The ‘‘real’’ attack (2002) 202
12. Conclusion: The south park lesson and orientalist fear 248
13. Notes 257
14. Bibliography 271
15. Index 287