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Merchants of fear : why they want us to be afraid /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Catherwood, Christopher
Other Authors: DiVanna, Joseph A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Guilford, Conn. : Lyons Press, [2008]
Subjects:
United States > Foreign relations.
United States > Foreign economic relations.
Fear > Political aspects > United States.
Propaganda > United States.
Capitalism > United States.
United States > Economic conditions.
Mass media > Social aspects > United States.
Terrorism in mass media.
United States > Military policy.
Security, International.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction: a nation at the crossroads of freedom
  • The road to fear is paved with good intentions
  • A history of actions and consequences
  • A new McCarthyism
  • The romance of the Cold War
  • Jihad against Jews and crusaders
  • Religion and the rationale for violence
  • The U.S. fear/threat reaction and global defense
  • Ethnic tents and nationalist hatreds: the need for enemies
  • Who hates us and why?
  • And what about the media?
  • The erosion of liberty values: fear is a distorting force
  • Internalizing fear: venturing down a slippery slope
  • The consequence of fear and America's decline from within
  • The value proposition of the United States
  • Effects of U.S. policies on the value proposition of its goods and services
  • Good and just trade versus evil and unjust commerce
  • The price of freedom, liberty, and commerce
  • The next wave of commerce
  • Breaking the cycle of fear: can America rebound?
  • How not to be a victim of fear
  • An inconvenient truth and the convenient enemy
  • Rekindling the American spirit
  • Endnotes.