LEADER 03021nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910816605003321 005 20240514010725.0 010 $a979-88-9313-266-3 010 $a1-4696-0323-3 010 $a0-8078-7769-7 035 $a(CKB)2560000000071764 035 $a(EBL)680719 035 $a(OCoLC)715868044 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000467597 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11288729 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000467597 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10489246 035 $a(PQKB)11124079 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000245919 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse23330 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL680719 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10460914 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL930014 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC680719 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000071764 100 $a20101007d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aChasing phantoms $ereality, imagination, and homeland security since 9/11 /$fby Michael Barkun 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aChapel Hill [N. C.] $cUniversity of North Carolina Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (205 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4696-2226-2 311 $a0-8078-3470-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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; Index 330 $aAlthough 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 dang 606 $aTerrorism$zUnited States$xPrevention 606 $aCivil defense$zUnited States 606 $aEmergency management$zUnited States 606 $aImagery (Psychology) 615 0$aTerrorism$xPrevention. 615 0$aCivil defense 615 0$aEmergency management 615 0$aImagery (Psychology) 676 $a363.325/160973 676 $a363.325160973 700 $aBarkun$b Michael$0247152 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910816605003321 996 $aChasing phantoms$93986541 997 $aUNINA