Narrative and the making of US national security /
"Dominant narratives - from the Cold War consensus to the War on Terror - have often served as the foundation for debates over national security. Weaving current challenges, past failures and triumphs, and potential futures into a coherent tale, with well-defined characters and plot lines, thes...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2015.
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| Series: | Cambridge studies in international relations ;
138. |
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Table of Contents:
- Narrating national security
- I. Crisis, Authority, and Rhetorical Mode: The Fate of Narrative Projects, from the Battle against Isolationism to the War on Terror
- Domination and the art of storytelling
- Narrative lost: missed and mistaken opportunities
- Narrative won: opportunities seized
- II. Narrative at War: Politics and Rhetorical Strategy in the Military Crucible, from Korea to Iraq
- The narrative politics of the battlefield
- Tracking the cold war consensus
- Tracing the cold war consensus
- Puzzles of the cold war, lessons for the war on terror
- Conclusion.