Reign of Terror; How the 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Trump
New York: Viking Press, 2021. First edition. First Printing. Hardcover. 428pp. 8vo. Quarter bound paper and cloth over boards, stamped spine. Book is a stated first edition and first printing. Book is unread, unmarked, unclipped, tight, bright, and the jacket has an archival protector. Slight bump to spine heel. Fine / fine. Item #0004347
ISBN: 9781984879776
From the book's blurb: "For an entire generation, at home and abroad, the United States has waged an endless conflict known as the War on Terror. In addition to multiple ground wars, the era pioneered drone strikes and industrial-scale digital surveillance; weakened the rule of law through indefinite detentions; sanctioned torture; and manipulated the truth about it all. These conflicts have yielded neither peace nor victory, but they have transformed America. What began as the persecution of Muslims and immigrants has become a normalized feature of American politics and nationalsecurity, expanding the possibilities for applying similar or worse measures against other targets at home, as the summer of 2020 showed. A politically divided and economically destabilized country turned the War on Terror into a cultural—and then a tribal—struggle. It began on the ideological frontiers of the Republican Party before expanding to conquer the GOP, often with the acquiescence of the Democratic Party. Today’s nativist resurgence walked through a door opened by the 9/11 era. And that door remains open."
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