LEADER 03201nam 2200745Ia 450 001 9910971919703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786612070068 010 $a9781282070066 010 $a1282070061 010 $a9780226522104 010 $a0226522105 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226522104 035 $a(CKB)1000000000747192 035 $a(EBL)432266 035 $a(OCoLC)646810166 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000122700 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11134716 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000122700 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10144260 035 $a(PQKB)10046102 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000122927 035 $a(DE-B1597)524092 035 $a(OCoLC)812509526 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226522104 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL432266 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10288680 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL207006 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC432266 035 $a(Perlego)1852947 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000747192 100 $a20080317d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCivic war & the corruption of the citizen /$fPeter Alexander Meyers 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (378 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780226522081 311 08$a0226522083 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [309]-342) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tNote to the Reader -- $tPort of Entry -- $t1. From Shock to Terror -- $t2. From Terror to War -- $t3. The Circle of War and Emergency -- $t4. The Norm of Complicity and the Regeneration of Emergency through Violence -- $t5. The Cold War Is Not Over -- $t6. The Distemper of Monocracy -- $tNotes -- $tWorks Cited -- $tIndex 330 $aIn 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 per 517 3 $aCivic war and the corruption of the citizen 606 $aSeptember 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001$xInfluence 606 $aWar on Terrorism, 2001-2009 606 $aCold War 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y2001-2009 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y20th century 615 0$aSeptember 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001$xInfluence. 615 0$aWar on Terrorism, 2001-2009. 615 0$aCold War. 676 $a973.931 700 $aMeyers$b Peter Alexander$01811070 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910971919703321 996 $aCivic war & the corruption of the citizen$94362702 997 $aUNINA