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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797217103321

Autore

Hasain Marouf, Jr.

Titolo

The rhetorical invention of America's national security state / / Marouf Hasain Jr., Sean Lawson, Megan McFarlane

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, MD : , : Lexington Books, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4985-0509-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (282 p.)

Collana

Lexington Studies in Contemporary Rhetoric

Disciplina

355/.033073

Soggetti

National security - Social aspects - United States

Rhetoric - Political aspects - United States

United States Military policy

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

Contents; Chapter One: The Rhetorical Origins of America's National Security State; Chapter Two: Military "Science" and the Legitimation of Preventive War, Mass Surveillance, and Kill/Capture Counterterrorism; Chapter Three: The Department of Defense, the CIA, and the Legitimation of America's "Enhanced Interrogation Techniques"; Chapter Four: The Rise of America's Special Forces and the Rhetorical Force Behind the Navy SEAL's Raid on Bin Laden's Abbottabad; Chapter Five: Cyber War, Threat Inflation, and the Securitization of Everyday Life

Chapter Six: The "Stress" of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Crews and the Biopolitical Normalization of America's "Precise" Drone Attacks Overseas Chapter Seven: Edward Snowden, Agent Provocateur, and Overreactions of the NSA; Chapter Eight: Anticipating the Future of America's National Security State; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Rhetorical Invention of America's National Security State uses a broad range of materials, including technical, journalistic, entertainment, academic, and legal sources to explore the role of rhetoric in the expansion and maintenance of America's national security state. It helps audiences understand the complex discourses produced by and constitutive of the national security state. Its interdisciplinary approach will resonate with scholars working in a



number of different fields, including rhetoric, critical security studies, and science and technology studies.