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Writing the War on Terrorism: Language, Politics and Counter-terrorism (New Approaches to Conflict Analysis)
Writing the War on Terrorism Language Politics and Counterterrorism - New Approaches to Conflict Analysis Author:Richard Jackson 'Writing the war on terrorism' examines the public language of the war on terrorism, and the way that rhetoric has been used to justify the global counter-terrorism offensive as a response to 9/11. It discusses how language has been used to deliberately manipulate public anxiety about terrorist threats to gain support for military action, and ho... more »w the abuse of Iraqi prisoners has been normalised through rhetoric and practice. .
The author argues that the normalisation and institutionalisation of the administration's current counter-terrorism approach is damaging to society's ethical values and to democratic political participation.« less