LEADER 03850nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910464085903321 005 20211012020926.0 010 $a1-283-38319-5 010 $a9786613383198 010 $a0-8135-4996-5 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813549965 035 $a(CKB)3170000000046809 035 $a(EBL)832033 035 $a(OCoLC)769927199 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000576018 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11362419 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000576018 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10553935 035 $a(PQKB)11253750 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC832033 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse8129 035 $a(DE-B1597)528979 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813549965 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL832033 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10523606 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL338319 035 $a(EXLCZ)993170000000046809 100 $a20091030d2010 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMass deception$b[electronic resource] $emoral panic and the U.S. war on Iraq /$fScott A. Bonn 210 $aNew Brunswick, NJ $cRutgers University Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (209 p.) 225 1 $aCritical issues in crime and society 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-8135-4788-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tForeword --$tPreface --$tChapter 1. George W. Bush and the Drums of War --$tChapter 2. Why Do Many in Society Drink the Kool-Aid Served in a Moral Panic? --$tChapter 3. Empirical Evidence of an Elite-Engineered Moral Panic over Iraq --$tChapter 4. How the Bush Administration Sold the Iraq War to the U.S. Public --$tChapter 5. The Power Elite, State Crime, and War Crime --$tChapter 6. The Higher Immorality and Crimes of the Bush Administration --$tChapter 7. What Are the Lessons of the Iraq War? --$tAppendix --$tBibliography --$tIndex --$tAbout the Author 330 $aThe attacks of 9/11 led to a war on Iraq, although there was neither tangible evidence that the nation's leader, Saddam Hussein, was linked to Osama bin Laden nor proof of weapons of mass destruction. Why, then, did the Iraq war garner so much acceptance in the United States during its primary stages? Mass Deception argues that the George W. Bush administration manufactured public support for the war on Iraq. Scott A. Bonn introduces a unique, integrated, and interdisciplinary theory called "critical communication" to explain how and why political elites and the news media periodically create public panics that benefit both parties. Using quantitative analysis of public opinion polls and presidential rhetoric pre- and post-9/11 in the news media, Bonn applies the moral panic concept to the Iraq war. He critiques the war and occupation of Iraq as violations of domestic and international law. Finally, Mass Deception connects propaganda and distortion efforts by the Bush administration to more general theories of elite deviance and state crime. 410 0$aCritical issues in crime and society. 606 $aIraq War, 2003-2011$xDeception 606 $aIraq War, 2003-2011$xCauses 606 $aDeception$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States 606 $aRhetoric$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aIraq War, 2003-2011$xDeception. 615 0$aIraq War, 2003-2011$xCauses. 615 0$aDeception$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aRhetoric$xPolitical aspects 676 $a956.7044/31 700 $aBonn$b Scott A.$f1957-$01037041 701 $aWelch$b Michael$0556609 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464085903321 996 $aMass deception$92457726 997 $aUNINA