Culture, Crisis and America's War on Terror

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"Since the infamous events of 9/11, the fear of terrorism and the determination to strike back against it has become a topic of enormous public debate. The 'war on terror' discourse has developed not only through American politics but via other channels including the media, the church, music, novels, films and television, and therefore permeates many aspects of American life. Stuart Croft suggests that the process of this production of knowledge has created a very particular form of common sense which shapes relationships, jokes and even forms of tattoos. Understanding how a social process of crisis can be mapped out and how that process creates assumptions allows policy-making in America's war on terror to be examined from new perspectives. Using international relations approaches together with insights from cultural studies, this book develops a dynamic model of crisis which seeks to understand the war on terror as a cultural phenomenon."--Jacket.

subjects: Politics and government,  Social conditions,  War on Terrorism, 2001-2009,  Social aspects,  Terrorism,  Mass media and the war,  Foreign relations,  Au©enpolitik,  War on Terrorism (2001-2009) fast (OCoLC)fst01754980,  Populaire cultuur,  Conditions sociales,  Relations exterieures,  War on Terrorism, 2001-2009, in mass media,  Operation Liberte immuable, 2001-,  Aspect social,  Nationale identiteit,  Terrorisme,  11 September 2001,  Terror,  Diplomatic relations,  War on Terrorism (2001-2009) in mass media,  Medias et guerre,  Publieke opinie,  Umschulungswerksta˜tten fu˜r Siedler und Auswanderer,  Terrorismus,  Massenmedien,  Politique et gouvernement,  Nationale veiligheid,  Beka˜mpfung,  National security, united states,  September 11 terrorist attacks, 2001,  United states, foreign relations