state and terrorism
Subtitle: national security and the mobilization of power
By: by Joseph H. Campos II.
Series: Homeland security
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780754671923
Subjects: Terrorism -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century; National security -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Political oratory -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Terrorism and the state; title: The state in a time of terror : enforcing the state through security; title: National security discourse on terrorism in Cold War presidential rhetoric; title: National security discourse on terrorism in post-Cold War presidential rhetoric; title: Once they were human : constructing terrorism in the act and the actor; title: State versus terror : enforcing the state through the use of definitional variations, application of meaning, and moral authority; title: Language, knowledge, and power in the name of the state : national security discourse's appropriation of terrorism and its legitimizing effects; title: Conclusion.