From 9/11 to terror war : the dangers of the Bush legacy / Douglas Kellner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kellner, Douglas, 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-.

Bush, George W.

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Causes.

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009--Causes.

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.

Terrorism--Political aspects.

Terrorism.

Globalization--Political aspects.

Globalization.

United States--Foreign relations--2001-2009.

United States.

International relations.

United States--Military policy.

Military policy.

United States--Politics and government--2001-2009.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

vii, 319 pages ; 23 cm

Other Title:

From nine eleven to terror war

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2003]

Summary:

The book shows how September 11 provided an opportunity for the Bush administration to push through hard-right domestic and foreign policies, many of which were being contested and blocked in Congress pre-September 11.

Contents:

Introduction: The Bush Administration and the September 11 Terror Attacks 1

Terrorism and the Risks of Unilateralism 1

The Failure to Detect and Stop the September 11 Attacks 7

Bushonomics: Economic Crisis, Scandal, and Corruption 15

The Bush Reich 18

1 Theorizing 9/11 27

Social Theory, Falsification, and the Events of History 27

The Bush Administrations, the CIA, and Blowback 30

9/11 and Terror War: Has Everything Changed? 38

2 9/11, the Media, and War Fever 49

The Terror Spectacle 52

Conceptualizing the Event: September 11 and the Dominant Media Frames 57

Warmongering, Patriotism, and Media Propaganda 66

3 Operation Enduring Freedom and the Proliferation of Terror War 71

Osama bin Laden's Media War 72

Bush's Operation Infinite War 74

All Anthrax, All the Time 80

4 Special Operations, Bombing, and Propaganda War 91

Hearts and Minds 93

Civilian Casualties and Growing Criticism of U.S. Military Policy 95

Back to Politics: Welcome to 1984 99

5 Vicissitudes of Terror War 109

The Fall of Mazar-i-Sharif and Kabul 111

Tragedy and Fear: Welcome to the Terror Age 114

Ironies of the Cold War and the Bush-bin Laden Connections 118

Afghan Chaos 121

6 Collapse of the Taliban 127

The Battle for Kunduz and Prison Uprising 127

The American Taliban 131

A Few Honorable People 134

The Fall of Kandahar 141

7 The Hunt for bin Laden 147

At Home with bin Laden and the Saudis 148

The Assault on Tora Bora and bin Laden's Escape 153

Omar under the Gun, Afghans Bombed, and a New President 155

8 The New Barbarism: World in Turmoil 163

Regression, Reaction, and Barbarism Amok 163

Bush Militarism: Sky-Rocketing Budgets, Military Shields, and Preemptive Strikes 171

Prisoners, New U.S. Military Bases, and Proxy War 174

"Detainees," "Unlawful Combatants," and the Guantanamo Bay Fiasco 178

9 The War at Home: Political Battles and the Enron Scandal 185

Family Friends: Bush Administrations and Enron 186

Enron, the S&L Scandal, and the Bush Family 188

Pretzels, the Enron Collapse, and Bush's Insider Trading 193

Enron in the Public Eye 195

10 The Afghan Nightmare and the "Axis of Evil" 203

U.S. Militarism Amok 203

The "Axis of Evil" and Bush's New Imperialism 207

The Dangers of Unilateralism 213

The Battle of Anaconda and Other Afghan Skirmishes 216

11 The New Militarism, Lies and Propaganda, and the High Costs of the Bush Presidency 225

The Rise (and Fall?) of the Pentagon Ministry of Truth and the Lies of Bushspeak 228

Waiting for the War on Iraq and Growing Bush and Cheney Scandals 236

Stock Market Slumps, Economic Woes, and Iraq Debates 244

The Bush Catastrophe 252

Conclusion: For Democracy and against Terrorism and Militarism 261.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-306) and index.

ISBN:

0742526372

0742526380

OCLC:

50852002