Hijacking history : American culture and the war on terror /

In Hijacking History, Liane Tanguay unravels the ideology behind an American enterprise unprecedented in scope, ambition and brazen claim to global supremacy via the War on Terror. She argues that the fears, anxieties and even the hopes encoded in American popular culture account for the public'...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Tanguay, Liane, 1976-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Montreal ; Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2013]
Subjects:	War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 > In mass media. War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 > Social aspects. War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 > Influence. Popular culture > Political aspects > United States > History > 21st century. Bush, George W. > (George Walker), > 1946- United States > Politics and government > 2001-2009. United States > Military policy > 21st century.

Table of Contents:

The "posthistorical" structure of feeling
Brave new world order
Climate of fear
"History's call" and America's response
A cultural "climate change"?