Ron Hirschbein

The United States and Terrorism

An Ironic Perspective

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Produktbeschreibung

Terrorism didn't always get bad press. In fact, terror bombing was indispensable to winning World War II, and during the Cold War the threat of nuclear annihilation became the strategy to deter war between the superpowers. In this work, Ron Hirschbein discusses the competing definitions of terrorism and shows how the notion of terrorism has evolved since World War II from being a tool to win the war to becoming the United States' nemesis.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 526g
• ISBN-13: 9781442237773
• ISBN-10: 1442237775
• Artikelnr.: 41754443

Autorenporträt

By Ron Hirschbein

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Introduction: Quest for the Unholy Grail Chapter 1: World
War II: Theory And Practice Of Terrorism From Cold-Blooded Isolationism to
Hot-Blooded Warfare Bad Japanese, Good Germans, and Russian Comrades From
Emnity To Amity: The Occupations Of Japan And Germany Chapter 2:
Celebrating Nuclear Terror-Irony Of The Cold War A Nukespeak /Doublethink
Primer The Irony of American Nuclear Endeavors Oldest Psychology/Newest
Logic When Deterrence Fails Nuclear Terror And War Prevention Retirement
Wisdom Chapter 3: Goodwill Toward Men Without Peace On Earth A World
without Enemies Hubris: Promoting What You Would Prevent Korea: The
Forgotten War Vietnam: The War We Can't Forget Coda: A Lesson from Grand
Fenwick Chapter 4: The War on Terror The Transmutation of Terrorism
Terrorism Experts 9/11 and Its Discontents Iraq: A Never-Ending-Story
Drones: Terrorism-Lite Chapter 5: Terrorism As Entertainment Shock and Awe
Becomes Aw Shucks Daydreaming In the Aftermath of 9/11 The Present Is a
Foreign Country The Sacred and the Profane Watching Homeland with President
Obama Bibliography About the Author Index