What changed when everything changed 9/11 and the making of national identity /

Margulies, Joseph.

What changed when everything changed 9/11 and the making of national identity / [print] Joseph Margulies. - New Haven : Yale University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (pages cm.)

Includes bibliographies and index.

"What the United States of America is all about at our core" -- "The ceaseless striving to live out our true creed" -- The dark side of the creed -- Race and religion in national identity -- The punitive turn -- "A fight for our principles" -- "We need to bring the news to people" -- "A war for the survival of America" -- "Think the unthinkable" -- "Can you think of anything more un-American?" -- "Must we sell our birthright?" -- The paradox of the Obama era -- All will be as it ought to be.



9780300195200


National characteristics, American.
Nationalism--United States.
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Influence.
Terrorism--Prevention--Social aspects--United States.


Electronic Books.

E169.M331.M374 2013