| Description |
vi, 324 pages ; 20 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [255]-302) and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. TOOLS FOR A NEW KIND OF WAR. The course of least resistance : repeating history in the war on terrorism / David Cole -- How democracy dies : the war on our civil liberties / Nancy Chang -- After 9/11 : a surveillance state? / Reg Whitaker -- pt. 2. THE ASHCROFT APPROACH. Secret arrests and preventive detention / Kate Martin -- Racial profiling post-9/11 : old story, new debate / Tanya E. Coke -- Living in fear : how the U.S. government's war on terror impacts American lives / Anthony D. Romero -- The war on terrorism : the Guantánamo prisoners, military commissions, and torture / Michael Ratner -- Breaking the code, or, Can the press be saved from itself? / Michael Tomasky -- pt. 3. PRIVACY, SECRECY, AND PUBLIC HEALTH. Balancing in a crisis? : Bioterrorism, public health, and privacy / Janlori Goldman -- The public health fallout from September 11 : official deception and long-term damage / Joel R. Kupferman -- pt. 4. GLOBAL THREAT, GLOBAL CITIZEN. Axis of antagonism : U.S.-European relations in the war on terrorism / Gary Younge -- The "war on terror" and women's rights : a Pakistan-Afghan perspective / Farida Shaheed -- Human rights, the Bush administration, and the fight against terrorism : the need for a positive vision / Kenneth Roth. |
| Subject |
Civil rights -- United States.
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September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
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War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
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Terrorism -- United States -- Prevention.
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Ashcroft, John D., 1942-
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| Added Author |
Brown, Cynthia, 1952-2013.
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| ISBN |
1565848292 |
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