Chin-Kuei Tsui

Clinton, New Terrorism and the Origins of the War on Terror

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Produktbeschreibung

This book focuses on President Clinton's discursive construction of 'new terrorism', or 'catastrophic terrorism', and the counterterrorism practices implemented by the Clinton Administration, while simultaneously comparing it with President Reagan's and President George W. Bush's approaches to counterterrorism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 178
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9781138841727
• ISBN-10: 1138841722
• Artikelnr.: 43679736

Autorenporträt

Chin-Kuei Tsui is a postdoctoral fellow at Institute of Strategic and International Affairs, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan. His research interests are U.S. foreign and security policies, the American-led war on terror, and critical terrorism studies. His post-doc research focuses on President Obama's counter-extremism initiatives.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1 The Origins of the War on Terror and the Myth of President George
W. Bush's Foreign Policy Revolution
Chapter 2 Framing the Threat of New Terrorism: The Invention of U.S.
Terrorism Discourse, and President Clinton's Counterterrorism Approach
Chapter 3 Conceptualisating Terrorist Attacks: Metaphors, Frames, and
President Clinton's Counterterrorism Initiatives
Chapter 4 Framing the Threat of Rogue States: Iraq, Iran, and Clinton's
Dual-Containment Approach to Middle East Peace
Chapter 5 Writing American National Identity: Narratives and the Social
Construction of Terrorism as a Negative Ideograph
Chapter 6 Rethinking the Discursive Construction of Terrorism and
Counterterrorism: Theoretical Reflections and Implications
Conclusion