03201nam 2200745Ia 450 991097191970332120200520144314.09786612070068978128207006612820700619780226522104022652210510.7208/9780226522104(CKB)1000000000747192(EBL)432266(OCoLC)646810166(SSID)ssj0000122700(PQKBManifestationID)11134716(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000122700(PQKBWorkID)10144260(PQKB)10046102(StDuBDS)EDZ0000122927(DE-B1597)524092(OCoLC)812509526(DE-B1597)9780226522104(Au-PeEL)EBL432266(CaPaEBR)ebr10288680(CaONFJC)MIL207006(MiAaPQ)EBC432266(Perlego)1852947(EXLCZ)99100000000074719220080317d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCivic war & the corruption of the citizen /Peter Alexander Meyers1st ed.Chicago University of Chicago Press20081 online resource (378 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780226522081 0226522083 Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-342) and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note to the Reader -- Port of Entry -- 1. From Shock to Terror -- 2. From Terror to War -- 3. The Circle of War and Emergency -- 4. The Norm of Complicity and the Regeneration of Emergency through Violence -- 5. The Cold War Is Not Over -- 6. The Distemper of Monocracy -- Notes -- Works Cited -- IndexIn this unique book, Peter Alexander Meyers leads us through the social processes by which shock incites terror, terror invites war, war invokes emergency, and emergency supports unchecked power. He then reveals how the domestic political culture created by the Cold War has driven these developments forward since 9/11, contending that our failure to acknowledge that this Cold War continues today is precisely what makes it so dangerous. With eloquence and urgency Meyers argues that the mantra of our time-"everything changed on 9/11!"-is false and perCivic war and the corruption of the citizenSeptember 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001InfluenceWar on Terrorism, 2001-2009Cold WarUnited StatesPolitics and government2001-2009United StatesPolitics and government20th centurySeptember 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001Influence.War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.Cold War.973.931Meyers Peter Alexander1811070MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910971919703321Civic war & the corruption of the citizen4362702UNINA