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Never-Ending War on Terror

By Alex Lubin

Book information

Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2021
ISBN
9780520969773
DOI
10.1525/9780520969773
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2397699 bytes)
Series
American Studies Now: Critical Histories of the Present; 13
Pages
152\152
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-21 14:22:03

Description

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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