Globalization of American fear culture
Subtitle: the empire in the twenty-first century
By: Geoffrey R. Skoll
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2016
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781137570338
Subjects: National security; Democracy; Insurgency; Capitalism; International Security; Hegemony; Foreign relations; Terrorism; Prevention; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: globalization of American fear culture: the empire in the twenty-first century; title: Construction of fear culture in the United States from Red scares to terrorism; title: American imperialism and the fear culture: four wars; title: 1968; title: Taking over the imperial mantle; title: Spreading the fear: the global empire; title: Terror, terrorism, and 9/11: the globalized culture of fear; title: Things to fear: real threats to people and the world; title: Current chaos: the collapsing world system of capitalism; title: Stopping the fear: resistance against the fear culture or what everyone needs to know.