num_pages: 230
description: Terrorism, jihad, fundamentalism, blowback. These and other highly charged terms have saturated news broadcasts and everyday conversations since 9/11. Each of the 13 essays in "Collateral Damage" offers an informed perspective on a particular word or phrase that serves as a building block in the edifice of post-World Trade Center rhetoric.
language: English
title: Collateral Language: A User's Guide to America's New War
titlecomplete: Collateral Language: A User's Guide to America's New War
genres: Nonfiction
ratings_count: 23
publisher: NYU Press