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edited by Michael Sorkin

Routledge

xvii, 398 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Fear factor -- Cities and the war on terror -- Empire of the insensate -- Urban operations and network centric warfare -- Planet America : empireʹs new land grab -- Waiting in African cities -- Border tours : strategies of surveillance, tactics of encroachment -- Restating the obvious -- The threat from within : protecting the indefensible from the indeterminate -- Blank slates and disaster zones : the state, September 11, and the displacement of Chinatown -- Back to zero : mourning in America -- The new emotions of home : fear, insecurity, and paranoia -- Stage authenticity today -- Architecture emblematic : hardened sites and softened symbols -- Me and my monkey : whatʹs hiding in the security state -- Thanatotactics -- "The poor manʹs airforce": a brief history of the car bomb

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