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T�tulo: Chasing Phantoms: Reality, Imagination, and Homeland Security Since 9/11
Editor: The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, NC
Fecha de publicaci�n: 2011
Idioma: Ingl�s
ISBN 10: 080783470X
ISBN 13: 9780807834701
Encuadernaci�n: Hardcover
Edici�n: 1st Edition
Impresi�n: 1st Printing
Estado: Very Good
Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good
Firmado: None

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Although a report by the congressionally mandated Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction, Proliferation, and Terrorism concluded that biological or nuclear weapons were very likely to be unleashed in the years soon after 2001, what Americans actually have experienced are relatively low-tech threats. Yet even under a new administration, extraordinary domestic and international policies enacted by the U.S. government in the wake of 9/11 remain unchanged. Political scientist and former FBI consultant Michael Barkun argues that a nonrational, emotion-driven obsession with dangers that cannot be seen has played and continues to play an underrecognized role in sustaining the climate of fear that drives the U.S. ""war on terror."" Barkun identifies a gap between the realities of terrorism--""violence without a return address""--and the everyday discourse about it among government officials and the general public. Demonstrating that U.S. homeland security policy reflects significant nonrational thinking, Barkun offers new recommendations for effective--and rational--policymaking. |Barkun identifies a gap between the realities of terrorism--""violence without a return address""--and the everyday discourse about it among government officials and the general public. Demonstrating that U.S. homeland security policy reflects significant nonrational thinking, Barkun offers new recommendations for effective--and rational--policymaking.

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Michael Barkun is professor emeritus of political science at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University and is a former FBI consultant in domestic terrorism cases. He is author of five previous books, including Religion and the Racist Right: The Origins of the Christian Identity Movement.

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