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1 online resource (1 audio file (5hr., 39 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by Tom Zingarelli. |
| Summary |
The War on Terror has led to fourteen years of armed conflict, the longest war in America's history. Al Qaeda, the organization that attacked us on 9/11, has been replaced by multiple jihadist and terror organizations, including the most notorious-ISIS. Spiral is what we can call a perpetual and continuously widening war that has put the country in a "state of exception." Bush's promise that we have "taken the gloves off" and Obama's inability to define an end game have had a profound effect on us even though the actual combat is fought by a tiny percentage of our citizens. In the name of security, some of our accustomed rights and freedoms are circumscribed. Guantanamo, indefinite detention, drone warfare, enhanced interrogation, torture, and warrantless wiretapping are all words that have become familiar and tolerated. And yet the war goes badly as the Middle East drowns in civil wars and the Caliphate expands and brutalized populations flee and seek asylum in Europe. In defining the War on Terror as boundless, apocalyptic, and unceasing, we have, Mark Danner concludes, "let it define us as ideological crusaders caught in an endless war." |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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United States -- History, Military -- 21st century.
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United States -- Military policy -- 21st century.
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War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 -- Political aspects -- United States.
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Terrorism -- Prevention -- History -- 21st century.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 21st century.
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Military history, Modern -- 21st century.
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World politics -- 21st century.
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| Added Author |
Zingarelli, Tom.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781515927990 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1515927997 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT11668657 |
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