Chasing phantoms : reality, imagination, and homeland security since 9/11 / / by Michael Barkun

• Autore: Barkun Michael
• Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill [N. C.], : University of North Carolina Press, c2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (205 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.325/160973; 363.325160973
• Soggetto topico: Terrorism - United States - Prevention; Civil defense - United States; Emergency management - United States; Imagery (Psychology)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Although 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Chasing phantoms
• ISBN: 979-88-9313-266-3; 1-4696-0323-3; 0-8078-7769-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910816605003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II