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UNINA9910797104403321 |
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Hirschbein Ron <1943-> |
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Titolo |
The United States and terrorism : an ironic perspective / / Ron Hirschbein |
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Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (227 p.) |
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Terrorism - United States |
Terrorism - United States - History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction : The Quest for the Unholy Gral -- Chapter 1 : World War I : Theory and Practice of Terrorism -- Chapter 2 : Celebrating Nuclear Terror : The Irony of the Cold War -- Chapter 3 : Goodwill Toward Men Without Peace on Earth -- Chapter 4: The War on Terror -- Chapter 5: Terrorism as Entertainment. |
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Terrorism didn't always get bad press. In fact, terror bombing was indispensable to winning World War II, and during the Cold War the threat of nuclear annihilation became the strategy to deter war between the superpowers. In this work, Ron Hirschbein discusses the competing definitions of terrorism and shows how the notion of terrorism has evolved since World War II from being a tool to win the war to becoming the United States' nemesis. |
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UNINA9910963654903321 |
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Hurricane Katrina : America's unnatural disaster / / edited, and with an introduction, by Jeremy I. Levitt and Matthew C. Whitaker |
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Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2009 |
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9786612130892 |
9781282130890 |
1282130897 |
9780803224636 |
080322463X |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (323 p.) |
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Collana |
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Justice and social inquiry |
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LevittJeremy I. <1970-> |
WhitakerMatthew C |
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Hurricane Katrina, 2005 |
Disaster relief - Louisiana - New Orleans |
African Americans - Louisiana - New Orleans - Social conditions |
Social justice - Louisiana - New Orleans |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-306) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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"Truth crushed to earth will rise again" : Katrina and its aftermath / Jeremy I. Levitt and Matthew C. Whitaker -- Letters from a native son : do you know what it means to miss New Orleans? / Mitchell F. Crusto -- After Katrina : laying bare the anatomy of American caste / Bryan K. Fair -- Hurricane Katrina and the "market" for survival : the role of economic theory in the construction and maintenance of disaster / Charles R. P. Pouncy -- The Internal Revenue Code don't care about poor, black people / Andrew L. Smith -- Judging under disaster : the effect of Hurricane Katrina on the criminal justice system / Phyllis Kotey -- From worse to where? African Americans, Hurricane Katrina, and the continuing public health crisis / Alyssa G. Robillard -- Failed plans and planned failures : the Lower Ninth Ward, Hurricane Katrina, and the continuing story of environmental injustice / Carlton Waterhouse -- "Still up on the roof" : race, victimology, and the response to Hurricane Katrina / Kenneth B. Nunn -- Governmental liability for the Katrina |
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failure / Linda S. Greene -- Katrina, race, refugees, and images of the Third World / Ruth Gordon -- "Been in the storm so long" : Katrina, reparations, and the original understanding of equal protection / D. Marvin Jones. |
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On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast states of Louisiana and Mississippi. The storm devastated the region and its citizens. But its devastation did not reach across racial and class lines equally. In an original combination of research and advocacy, Hurricane Katrina: America's Unnatural Disaster questions the efficacy of the national and global responses to Katrina's central victims, African Americans. |
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