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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462164203321

Autore

Holland Jack <1984-, >

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-283-60617-8

9786613918628

1-136-20754-6

0-203-09450-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (243 p.)

Collana

Critical terrorism studies

Disciplina

327.73009/0511

Soggetti

Language and international relations

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 - Political aspects

Rhetoric - Political aspects

Discourse analysis

Electronic books.

United States Foreign relations 2001-2009

Great Britain Foreign relations

Australia Foreign relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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