ISBN:
9780415953689
,
9780415953672
,
0415953685
Language:
English
Pages:
XVII, 398 S
,
Ill
DDC:
363.325/170973
Keywords:
Terrorism Prevention
;
National security
;
Civil defense
;
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009
;
Fear Social aspects
;
Paranoia Social aspects
;
Terrorism United States
;
Prevention
;
National security United States
;
Civil defense United States
;
War on Terrorism, 2001-
;
Fear Social aspects
;
United States
;
Paranoia Social aspects
;
United States
;
United States Defenses
;
Public opinion
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Öffentlicher Raum
;
Überwachung
;
Innere Sicherheit
;
Terrorismus
;
Angst
Description / Table of Contents:
Fear factor -- Cities and the war on terror -- Empire of the insensate -- Urban operations and network centric warfare -- Planet America : empire's new land grab -- Waiting in African cities -- Border tours : strategies of surveillance, tactics of encroachment -- Re-stating the obvious -- Threat from within : protecting the indefensible from the indeterminate -- Blank slates and disaster zones : the state, September 11, and the displacement of Chinatown -- Back to zero : mourning in America -- New emotions of home : fear, insecurity, and paranoia -- Stage authenticity today -- Architecture emblematic : hardened sites and softened symbols -- Me and my monkey : what's hiding in the security state -- Thanatotactics -- Short history of the car bomb
Note:
Includes bibliographical references. - Formerly CIP
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