Terror and Consent
The Wars for the Twenty-first Century
New York : A.A. Knopf, 2008.
Format: Book
Edition: First American edition.
Description: x, 672 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
A study of the new face of modern-day warfare integrates historical, legal, and strategic analyses to look at the concept of a "war on terror" from the perspective of governance, liberty, violence, and globalization, while examining its impact on public policy.
Contents:
The new masque of terrorism -- The market state : arming terror -- Warfare against civilians -- Victory without parades -- The constitutional relationship between rights and powers -- Intelligence, information, and knowledge -- The strategic relationship between ends and means -- Terrorism : supply and demand -- The illusion of an American strategic doctrine -- Mise-en-scène : the properties of sovereignty -- Danse macabre : global governance and legitimacy -- The triage of terror.
Subjects:
Terrorism.
Terrorism -- Government policy -- United States.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 2001-2009.
Terrorism.
Terrorism -- Government policy -- United States.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 2001-2009.
ISBN:
9781400042432
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SOCIAL SCI Violence Bob | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
"This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 647-661) and index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 647-661) and index.