RT Book
T1 Never-Ending War on Terror
T2 American Studies Now: Critical Histories of the Present
A1 Lubin, Alex
LA English
PP Berkeley, CA
PB University of California Press
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/175683685X
AB Frontmatter -- American studies now: Critical histories of the present -- Contents -- Overview -- An Introduction without a Beginning -- 1. Mourning in America -- 2. Privacy and Security -- 3. Liberal Torture -- 4. Extrajudicial Assassination by Drone -- A Conclusion without an Ending -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Glossary -- Key Figures -- Selected Bibliography
AB 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
OP 152
CN HV6432
SN 9780520969773
K1 War and society : United States : History : 21st century
K1 War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 : Social aspects : United States
K1 HISTORY / United States / General
K1 Terrorismus : Bekämpfung : Krieg
DO 10.1525/9780520969773