Merchants of fear
Subtitle: why they want us to be afraid
By: Christopher Catherwood and Joseph A. DiVanna.
Contributors: DiVanna, Joseph A.
Publisher: Lyons Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Guilford, Conn
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781599212814
Subjects: Fear -- Political aspects -- United States; Propaganda -- United States; Capitalism -- United States; Mass media -- Social aspects -- United States; Terrorism in mass media; Security, International; United States -- Foreign relations; United States -- Foreign economic relations; United States -- Economic conditions; United States -- Military policy
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Introduction: a nation at the crossroads of freedom; title: The road to fear is paved with good intentions; title: A history of actions and consequences; title: A new McCarthyism; title: The romance of the Cold War; title: Jihad against Jews and crusaders; title: Religion and the rationale for violence; title: The U.S. fear/threat reaction and global defense; title: Ethnic tents and nationalist hatreds: the need for enemies; title: Who hates us and why?; title: And what about the media?; title: The erosion of liberty values: fear is a distorting force; title: Internalizing fear: venturing down a slippery slope; title: The consequence of fear and America's decline from within; title: The value proposition of the United States; title: Effects of U.S. policies on the value proposition of its goods and services; title: Good and just trade versus evil and unjust commerce; title: The price of freedom, liberty, and commerce; title: The next wave of commerce; title: Breaking the cycle of fear: can America rebound?; title: How not to be a victim of fear; title: An inconvenient truth and the convenient enemy; title: Rekindling the American spirit; title: Endnotes.