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JUST RESPONSE: "THE NATION" ON TERRORISM AND DEMOCRACY
Heuvel, Katrina Vanden
2002 6528 ABOUT THE BOOK Just Response: "the Nation" on Terrorism and Democracy FROM THE PUBLISHER "Some of the most respected figures on the progressive left, in a series of thoughtful, informed, and provocative essays, began to analyze the causes and consequences of this new American wound, and spoke out against "Fascism with an Islamic face," jingoism, the undermining of civil rights, phony multilateralism, the confusion between dissent and treason, and articulated a vision of a just response to terrorism." "Others reflected on Osama bin Laden, the concept of "Blowback": modern technological society turned unwittingly against itself, the American right wing's exploitation of a national emergency to further its political agenda, theology versus technology, the futility of space weapons to defend against apocalyptic nihilism, and secular versus fundamentalist Islam. The magazine published dispatches from other countries around the world, and brief background histories of bin Laden's origins, the roots of fundamentalism, asymmetrical warfare, and a press watch." These selected articles from issues of The Nation, and other sources, are now brought together in book form to counter the bombast and jingoism of so much media coverage since September 11th - while providing informed analysis, provocative commentary, and reasoned debates. FROM THE CRITICS Publishers Weekly The writers and editors of the Nation pull no punches in assailing both the Bush administration and the media for what they deem to be a dangerous and unnecessary overreaction to the September 11 terrorist attacks. From columnist Katha Pollitt's diatribe against the American flag (according to her, "The flag stands for jingoism and vengeance") to author Chalmers Johnson's evocation of the 1950s CIA term "blowback" to try to illustrate how what Johnson sees as America's corrupt foreign policies brought about September 11, this is not the kind of talk one finds within the pages of Time or Newsweek. Although the Nation's targets range from Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to Bayer, the manufacturer of Cipro, the harshest criticism is reserved for the mainstream media. According to Michael Massing, author of the 30-page section titled "Press Watch," members of the media by not asking pertinent questions or aggressively pursuing concrete answers from Bush administration officials have directly aided the administration's goal of ultimate secrecy. While Massing may be on point, other contributors are definitely not. Some writers predicted a prolonged conflict in Afghanistan with major U.S. casualties. Others suggested that millions of Afghan civilians would starve because of America's military operations. Neither of the aforementioned has happened. Still, those who found the early coverage of America's "War on Terror" to be monotonous will appreciate the Nation's radical point of view. (Apr.) Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information. Kirkus Reviews A groaning board of (mostly) gainful opinions, insights, and notions sparked and fostered by the 9/11 attacks, from writers for The Nation, the leftist newsmagazine. The Nation has been covering well the ground that needed to be turned, and quickly, after the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. This included examining the role of foreign policy that creates anti-Americanism, the importance of globally collective action in a globalized world, of keeping an eye peeled for those who would profit any way they could, given certain circumstances. This has always been an important antidote to the mainstream, big-circulation media, and never more so in measuring the response of the US government against al Qaeda and the Taliban. Drawing directly from the pages of the magazine as events unfolded-and thus engaging in a self-critique of their work-we read Richard Falk's gummy and ill-considered graspings at a "just war" (where the volume takes its equally ill-considered title), but we also read Jonathan Schell's exploration of larger themes issuing from the Twin Towers, such as a foretaste of the end of the world vi Thunder's Mouth Press 1-56025-400-9 / 9781560254003
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