The Rhetorical Invention of America's National Security State
1st Edition
Published on 29. July 2015
310 pages
978-1-4985-0509-3 (ISBN)
Description
The Rhetorical Invention of America's National Security State examines the rhetoric and discourse produced by and constitutive of America's national security state. Hasian, Lawson, and McFarlane illustrate the importance of rhetoric to the expansion of the American national security state in the post-9/11 era through their examination of the global war on terrorism, enhanced interrogation techniques, drone crew stress, activities of Edward Snowden, rise of Special Forces, and popular representations of counterterrorism. The coauthors contend this expansion was not the result of lone, imperial executives or a nefarious state within a state, but was co-produced by elite and non-elite Americans alike who not only condoned, but also in many cases demanded, the expansion of the national security state. This work will be of interest to scholars in communication studies and political science.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-4985-0509-3 (9781498505093)
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Marouf Hasian Jr. | Sean Lawson | Megan D. McFarlane
The Rhetorical Invention of America's National Security State
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07/2015
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Persons
Marouf Hasian Jr. is professor in the Department of Communication, University of Utah.
Sean Lawson is associate professor in the Department of Communication, University of Utah.
Megan D. McFarlane earned her doctorate from the Department of Communication, University of Utah.
Sean Lawson is associate professor in the Department of Communication, University of Utah.
Megan D. McFarlane earned her doctorate from the Department of Communication, University of Utah.
Content
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
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
