The rhetorical invention of America's national security state / / Marouf Hasain Jr., Sean Lawson, Megan McFarlane
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| Autore: |
Hasain Marouf, Jr.
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| Titolo: |
The rhetorical invention of America's national security state / / Marouf Hasain Jr., Sean Lawson, Megan McFarlane
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, MD : , : Lexington Books, , 2015 |
| ©2015 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (282 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 355/.033073 |
| Soggetto topico: | National security - Social aspects - United States |
| Rhetoric - Political aspects - United States | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Military policy |
| Persona (resp. second.): | LawsonSean T. <1977-> |
| McFarlaneMegan | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Chapter One: The Rhetorical Origins of America's National Security State; Chapter Two: Military "Science" and the Legitimation of Preventive War, Mass Surveillance, and Kill/Capture Counterterrorism; Chapter Three: The Department of Defense, the CIA, and the Legitimation of America's "Enhanced Interrogation Techniques"; Chapter Four: The Rise of America's Special Forces and the Rhetorical Force Behind the Navy SEAL's Raid on Bin Laden's Abbottabad; Chapter Five: Cyber War, Threat Inflation, and the Securitization of Everyday Life |
| Chapter Six: The "Stress" of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Crews and the Biopolitical Normalization of America's "Precise" Drone Attacks Overseas Chapter Seven: Edward Snowden, Agent Provocateur, and Overreactions of the NSA; Chapter Eight: Anticipating the Future of America's National Security State; Bibliography; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The Rhetorical Invention of America's National Security State uses a broad range of materials, including technical, journalistic, entertainment, academic, and legal sources to explore the role of rhetoric in the expansion and maintenance of America's national security state. It helps audiences understand the complex discourses produced by and constitutive of the national security state. Its interdisciplinary approach will resonate with scholars working in a number of different fields, including rhetoric, critical security studies, and science and technology studies. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The rhetorical invention of America's national security state |
| ISBN: | 1-4985-0509-0 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910810776303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Lexington Studies in Contemporary Rhetoric