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BL
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635716
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| Main Entry
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Barkun, Michael
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| Title & Author
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Chasing phantoms : : reality, imagination, homeland security since 9/11 /\ Michael Barkun
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| Publication Statement
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Chapel Hill :: University of North Carolina Press,, c2011
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xviii, 184 p. ;; 25 cm
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| ISBN
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9780807834701 (alk. paper)
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: 080783470X (alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-180) and index
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| Contents
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Invisible dangers -- Disaster and terrorism -- Making the invisible visible : reverse transparencey and privacy -- Hurricane Katrina, unseen dangers, and the all-hazards policy -- The imagery of the landscape of fear -- Unseen dangers as defilements -- Two models of nonrational action -- Experts, narratives, and the public
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| Abstract
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The author identifies a gap between the realities of terrorism, "violence without a return address", and the everyday discourse about it among government officials and the general public. Demonstrating that U.S. homeland security policy reflects significant nonrational thinking, he offers new recommendations for effective and rational policymaking
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Terrorism-- United States-- Prevention
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Civil defense-- United States
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Emergency management-- United States
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Imagery (Psychology)
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| Dewey Classification
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363.325/160973
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| LC Classification
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HV6432.B365 2011
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HV6432.B365 2011
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