Cultural rhetorics of American exceptionalism and the Bin Laden raid /
Hasian, Marouf Arif.
McFarlane, Megan.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-229) and index.
Acknowledgments -- Intercultural rhetorics and the nature of American exceptionalist argumentation -- American myths, the beginning of the global war on terrorism, and the decade-long "manhunt" for Bin Laden -- Cosmopolitanism and international reactions to the Bin Laden raid -- Presidential politics, imperial presidencies, and the early strategic usages of "the situation room" -- Liberal exceptionalism and ambivalent American critiques of the Bin Laden raid -- No easy day : Mark Owen's raiding tale, the new American exceptionalism, and the future of America's overseas contingency operations -- Bibliography.
Bin Laden, Osama, 1957-2011.
Qaida (Organization)
Terrorism
Terrorism
War
Exceptionalism