Chasing phantoms : reality, imagination, and homeland security since 9/11 / by Michael Barkun.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barkun, Michael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terrorism--United States--Prevention.

Terrorism.

Civil defense--United States.

Civil defense.

Emergency management--United States.

Emergency management.

Imagery (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (205 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill [N. C.] : University of North Carolina Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 dang

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; ONE: INVISIBLE DANGERS; TWO: DISASTER AND TERRORISM; THREE: MAKING THE INVISIBLE VISIBLE: Reverse Transparency and Privacy; FOUR: HURRICANE KATRINA, UNSEEN DANGERS, AND THE ALL-HAZARDS POLICY; FIVE: THE IMAGERY OF THE LANDSCAPE OF FEAR; SIX: UNSEEN DANGERS AS DEFILEMENTS; SEVEN: TWO MODELS OF NONRATIONAL ACTION; EIGHT: EXPERTS, NARRATIVES, AND THE PUBLIC; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

979-88-908817-0-0

979-88-9313-266-3

1-4696-0323-3

0-8078-7769-7

OCLC:

715868044