Marouf Hasian, Sean Lawson, Megan D. McFarlane

The Rhetorical Invention of America's National Security State

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Produktbeschreibung

The Rhetorical Invention of America's National Security State uses a broad range of materials, including technical, journalistic, entertainment, academic, and legal sources to explore the role of rhetoric in the expansion and maintenance of America's national security state. It helps audiences understand the complex discourses produced by and constitutive of the national security state. Its interdisciplinary approach will resonate with scholars working in a number of different fields, including rhetoric, critical security studies, and science and technology studies.

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Produktdetails

• Lexington Studies in Contemporary Rhetoric
• Verlag: RLPG/Galleys
• Seitenzahl: 282
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juli 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 614g
• ISBN-13: 9781498505086
• ISBN-10: 1498505082
• Artikelnr.: 42752001

Autorenporträt

By Marouf Hasian Jr.; Sean Lawson and Megan D. McFarlane

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter One: The Rhetorical Origins of America's National Security State
Chapter Two: Military "Science" and the Legitimation of Preventive War,
Mass Surveillance, and Kill/Capture Counterterrorism Chapter Three: The
Department of Defense, the CIA, and the Legitimation of America's "Enhanced
Interrogation Techniques" Chapter Four: Remembering the Rise of America's
Special Forces and the Rhetorical Force Behind the Navy SEAL's raid on Bin
Laden's Abbottabad Chapter Five: Cyber War, Threat Inflation, and the
Securitization of Everyday Life Chapter Six: The "Stress" of Remotely Pilot
Aircraft Crews and the Biopolitical Normalization of America's "Precise"
Drone Attacks Overseas Chapter Seven: Edward Snowden, Agent Provocateur,
and Overreactions of the NSA Chapter Eight: Anticipating the Future
Rhetorical Trajectories of America's National Security State