Globalization of American fear culture :the empire in the twenty-first century
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Basingstoke
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Palgrave MacMillan
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2016
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ix, 213 pages ; 23 cm
GENERAL NOTES
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Includes bibliographical references )pages 185-209( and index
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Geoffrey R. Skoll
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Introduction: globalization of American fear culture: the empire in the twenty-first century -- Construction of fear culture in the United States from Red scares to terrorism -- American imperialism and the fear culture: four wars -- 8691 -- Taking over the imperial mantle -- Spreading the fear: the global empire -- Terror, terrorism, and 9/11: the globalized culture of fear -- Things to fear: real threats to people and the world -- Current chaos: the collapsing world system of capitalism -- Stopping the fear: resistance against the fear culture or what everyone needs to know