| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 398 pages) : illustrations, map |
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Fear factor -- Cities and the war on terror -- Empire of the insensate -- Urban operations and network centric warfare -- Planet America : empire's new land grab -- Waiting in African cities -- Border tours : strategies of surveillance, tactics of encroachment -- Restating the obvious -- The threat from within : protecting the indefensible from the indeterminate -- Blank slates and disaster zones : the state, September 11, and the displacement of Chinatown -- Back to zero : mourning in America -- The new emotions of home : fear, insecurity, and paranoia -- Stage authenticity today -- Architecture emblematic : hardened sites and softened symbols -- Me and my monkey : what's hiding in the security state -- Thanatotactics -- "The poor man's airforce": a brief history of the car bomb |
| Summary |
Working on the assumption that the growing demand for security in the post-9/11 world has paradoxically created widespread insecurity, these essays examine how this anxiety-laden mindset erodes spaces both architectural and personal, encroaching on all aspects of everyday life |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Terrorism -- United States -- Prevention
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National security -- United States.
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Civil defense -- United States.
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War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
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Fear -- Social aspects -- United States
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Paranoia -- Social aspects -- United States
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Terrorism.
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Civil defense
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Fear -- Social aspects
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Military readiness -- Public opinion
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National security
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Paranoia -- Social aspects
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Terrorism -- Prevention
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Innere Sicherheit
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Terrorismus
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Angst
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Öffentlicher Raum
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Überwachung
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Terrorism -- United States -- Prevention.
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National security -- United States.
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Civil defense -- United States.
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War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
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Defenses -- Public opinion. -- United States.
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Fear -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Paranoia -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Terrorismbekämpning -- Förenta staterna.
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Säkerhetspolitik -- Förenta staterna.
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Civilförsvar -- Förenta Staterna.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Defenses -- Public opinion
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United States
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USA
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Sorkin, Michael, 1948-2020
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| LC no. |
2007009500 |
| ISBN |
9781135925635 |
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1135925631 |
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9780203939482 |
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0203939484 |
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9781135925581 |
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1135925585 |
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9781135925628 |
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1135925623 |
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