UID:
edocfu_9959238317202883
Format:
1 online resource (189 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-134-30642-3
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1-280-05888-9
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0-203-34142-2
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1-134-30643-1
Content:
In a media age, wars are waged not only with bombs and planes but also with video and sound bites. War of Words is an incisive report from the linguistic battlefields, probing the tales told about September 11th to show how Americans created consensus in the face of terror. Capturing the campaigns for America's hearts, minds, wallets and votes, Silberstein traces the key cultural conflicts that surfaced after the attacks and beyond:the attacks on critical intellectuals for their perceived 'blame America first' attitudethe symbiotic relationship between terroris
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; From Terror to War: The War on Terrorism; Becoming President; From News to Entertainment: Eyewitness Accounts; New York Becomes America(n); Selling America; ""The New McCarthyism""; Schooling America: Lessons on Islam and Geography; Rhetorical Years: The Second Anniversary and Beyond; References; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-33624-4
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-29047-3
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203341421
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