Table of Contents

Introduction: Language and politics
1. Analysing the language of counter-terrorism
2. Writing September 11, 2001
3. Writing identity: Evil terrorists and good Americans
4. Writing threat and danger
5. Writing the good (new) war on terrorism
6. Language and power: Reproducing the discourse
Conclusion: Politics, violence and resistance
Final thoughts
Appendix: Official texts

About the Author

Richard Jackson is Lecturer in International Security at the Centre for International Politics at the University of Manchester