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Subject(s)

• Terrorism—United States—Prevention [Browse]
• Civil defense—United States [Browse]
• Emergency management—United States [Browse]
• Imagery (Psychology) [Browse]

Summary note

Although a report by the congressionally mandated Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction, Proliferation, and Terrorism concluded that biological or nuclear weapons were very likely to be unleashed in the years soon after 2001, what Americans actually have experienced are relatively low-tech threats. Yet even under a new administration, extraordinary domestic and international policies enacted by the U.S. government in the wake of 9/11 remain unchanged. Political scientist and former FBI consultant Michael Barkun argues that a nonrational, emotion-driven obsession with dang

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Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language note

English

Contents

Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; ONE: INVISIBLE DANGERS; TWO: DISASTER AND TERRORISM; THREE: MAKING THE INVISIBLE VISIBLE: Reverse Transparency and Privacy; FOUR: HURRICANE KATRINA, UNSEEN DANGERS, AND THE ALL-HAZARDS POLICY; FIVE: THE IMAGERY OF THE LANDSCAPE OF FEAR; SIX: UNSEEN DANGERS AS DEFILEMENTS; SEVEN: TWO MODELS OF NONRATIONAL ACTION; EIGHT: EXPERTS, NARRATIVES, AND THE PUBLIC; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index

ISBN

• 1-4696-0323-3
• 0-8078-7769-7

OCLC

715868044

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