03449nam 2200637 450 991046070310332120200520144314.01-4985-0509-0(CKB)3710000000441415(EBL)2083002(OCoLC)913377105(SSID)ssj0001515640(PQKBManifestationID)11887235(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001515640(PQKBWorkID)11482929(PQKB)10976661(MiAaPQ)EBC2083002(Au-PeEL)EBL2083002(CaPaEBR)ebr11073595(CaONFJC)MIL809549(EXLCZ)99371000000044141520150716h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe rhetorical invention of America's national security state /Marouf Hasain Jr., Sean Lawson, and Megan McFarlaneLanham, Maryland :Lexington Books,2015.©20151 online resource (282 p.)Lexington Studies in Contemporary RhetoricDescription based upon print version of record.1-4985-0508-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Chapter One: The Rhetorical Origins of America's National Security State; Chapter Two: Military "Science"and the Legitimation ofPreventive 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 LifeChapter Six: The "Stress" of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Crews and the Biopolitical Normalization of America's "Precise" Drone Attacks OverseasChapter Seven: Edward Snowden, Agent Provocateur, and Overreactions of the NSA; Chapter Eight: Anticipating the Future of America's National Security State; Bibliography; IndexThe 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.Lexington Studies in Contemporary RhetoricNational securitySocial aspectsUnited StatesRhetoricPolitical aspectsUnited StatesUnited StatesMilitary policyElectronic books.National securitySocial aspectsRhetoricPolitical aspects355/.033073Hasain MaroufJr.,982931Lawson Sean T.1977-McFarlane MeganMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460703103321The rhetorical invention of America's national security state2243270UNINA