Selling the war on terror : foreign policy discourses after 9/11 / Jack Holland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holland, Jack, 1984- author.

Series:

Routledge Critical Terrorism Studies

Critical terrorism studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and international relations.

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009--Political aspects.

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.

Rhetoric--Political aspects.

Rhetoric.

Discourse analysis.

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

United States.

Great Britain--Foreign relations.

Great Britain.

Australia--Foreign relations.

Australia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (243 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book uses a comparative analysis to examine foreign policy discourses and the dynamics of the 'War on Terror'.The book considers the three principal members of the Coalition of the Willing in Afghanistan and Iraq: the United States, Britain and Australia. Despite significant cultural, historical and political overlap, the War on Terror was nevertheless rendered possible in these contexts in distinct ways, drawing on different discourses and narratives of foreign policy and identity. This volume explores these differences and their origins, arguing that they have important

Contents:

Front Cover; Selling the War on Terror; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Language and legitimacy: foreign policy as culturally embedded discourse; Introduction; Language; Legitimacy; Culture and discourse; Foreign policy as culturally embedded discourse; Conclusion; 2. Agency, audience and alternative: foreign policy and political possibility; Introduction; Asking different questions; Agency; Audience; Alternative; Reading foreign policy as culturally embedded discourse; Conclusion; 3. Before 9/11; Introduction; The American context; The British context

The Australian contextConclusion; 4. From void to crisis: from 11 September 2001 to 9/11; Introduction; Time and 9/11; Void; Crisis; Conclusion; 5. Response: Afghanistan; Introduction; Shared representations: discursive convergence; Distinct narratives: discursive divergence; Conclusion; 6. Translation: Iraq; Introduction; Shared representations: discursive convergence; Distinct narratives: discursive divergence; Conclusion; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-283-60617-8

9786613918628

1-136-20754-6

0-203-09450-6

9780203094501

OCLC:

811505666