Format:
Online-Ressource (409 p)
ISBN:
9780190237318
Content:
Chasing Ghosts exposes the ill-founded paranoia that has allowed the national security state to both feed at the public trough and undermine America's civil liberties tradition.
Content:
Cover -- Series -- Chasing Ghosts -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction Counting Ghosts -- Part One The Ghosts -- Chapter One Official Perceptions: The Threat Matrix -- Chapter Two Public Perceptions: Perpetual Anxiety and War Wariness -- Chapter Three Terrorism and the United States -- Chapter Four The Foreign Adversary and the Myth of the Mastermind -- Part Two The Chase -- Chapter Five Evaluating the Counterterrorism Enterprise -- Chapter Six The Federal Bureau of Investigation -- Chapter Seven The National Security Agency -- Chapter Eight The Department of Homeland Security -- Chapter Nine Local and Airport Police -- Conclusion -- Horrible Imaginings and Painted Devils -- Appendix A. The Cases: Terrorism in the United States Since 9/11 -- Appendix B. Assessing the Costs Inflicted by Terrorism -- Appendix C. Marginal Costs and Benefits of FBI Counterterrorism Expenditures -- Notes -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Author Biographies -- Index.
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Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Series; Chasing Ghosts; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction Counting Ghosts; Part One The Ghosts; Chapter One Official Perceptions: The Threat Matrix; Chapter Two Public Perceptions: Perpetual Anxiety and War Wariness; Chapter Three Terrorism and the United States; Chapter Four The Foreign Adversary and the Myth of the Mastermind; Part Two The Chase; Chapter Five Evaluating the Counterterrorism Enterprise; Chapter Six The Federal Bureau of Investigation; Chapter Seven The National Security Agency; Chapter Eight The Department of Homeland Security
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Chapter Nine Local and Airport Police Conclusion ; Horrible Imaginings and Painted Devils; Appendix A. The Cases: Terrorism in the United States Since 9/11; Appendix B. Assessing the Costs Inflicted by Terrorism; Appendix C. Marginal Costs and Benefits of FBI Counterterrorism Expenditures; Notes; References; Acknowledgments; Author Biographies; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780190237325
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780190237318
Additional Edition:
Print version Chasing Ghosts : The Policing of Terrorism
Language:
English
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