02994nam 2200649 a 450 991046533900332120200520144314.01-4696-0323-30-8078-7769-7(CKB)2560000000071764(EBL)680719(OCoLC)715868044(SSID)ssj0000467597(PQKBManifestationID)11288729(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000467597(PQKBWorkID)10489246(PQKB)11124079(StDuBDS)EDZ0000245919(MiAaPQ)EBC680719(MdBmJHUP)muse23330(Au-PeEL)EBL680719(CaPaEBR)ebr10460914(CaONFJC)MIL930014(EXLCZ)99256000000007176420101007d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrChasing phantoms[electronic resource] reality, imagination, and homeland security since 9/11 /by Michael BarkunChapel Hill [N. C.] University of North Carolina Pressc20111 online resource (205 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4696-2226-2 0-8078-3470-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; ONE: INVISIBLE DANGERS; TWO: DISASTER AND TERRORISM; THREE: MAKING THE INVISIBLE VISIBLE: Reverse Transparency and Privacy; FOUR: HURRICANE KATRINA, UNSEEN DANGERS, AND THE ALL-HAZARDS POLICY; FIVE: THE IMAGERY OF THE LANDSCAPE OF FEAR; SIX: UNSEEN DANGERS AS DEFILEMENTS; SEVEN: TWO MODELS OF NONRATIONAL ACTION; EIGHT: EXPERTS, NARRATIVES, AND THE PUBLIC; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; IndexAlthough a report by the congressionally mandated Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction, Proliferation, and Terrorism concluded that biological or nuclear weapons were very likely to be unleashed in the years soon after 2001, what Americans actually have experienced are relatively low-tech threats. Yet even under a new administration, extraordinary domestic and international policies enacted by the U.S. government in the wake of 9/11 remain unchanged. Political scientist and former FBI consultant Michael Barkun argues that a nonrational, emotion-driven obsession with dangTerrorismUnited StatesPreventionCivil defenseUnited StatesEmergency managementUnited StatesImagery (Psychology)Electronic books.TerrorismPrevention.Civil defenseEmergency managementImagery (Psychology)363.325/160973Barkun Michael247152MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465339003321Chasing phantoms2491073UNINA