Hijacking History: American Culture and the War on Terror 9780773587717

Table of contents :
Cover
Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
1 The “Posthistorical” Structure of Feeling
2 Brave New World Order
3 Climate of Fear
4 “History’s Call” and America’s Response
5 A Cultural “Climate Change”?
Conclusion
Afterword
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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