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Shocked and Awed: A Dictionary of the War on Terror

Shocked and Awed: A Dictionary of the War on Terror

Halliday, Fred

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Dictionaries & EncyclopediasGeneral Military HistoryInternational Relations

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ISBN10: 0520268709
ISBN13: 9780520268708
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: Mar 15 2011
Pages: 360
Weight: 1.00
Height: 1.02 Width: 5.45 Depth: 8.42
Language: English
Part reference, part polemic, part compelling snapshot of our times, Shocked and Awed is a bristling arsenal of potent weapons: words. Fred Halliday's unorthodox dictionary defines hundreds of words and phrases used about 9/11, the wars and other events that have followed it, and ongoing issues linked to those events. He shows how the War on Terror, itself a fascinating linguistic construct, has brought us not just new words, such as Gitmo, and new imports, such as jihad, but also new ways of using existing language, such as extraordinary rendition. His definitions include religious, political, and military terms; famous quotes and phrases; cultural phenomena and personalities; euphemisms of war; important Middle Eastern vocabulary; stereotypes and insults; and much more. Taken together, these words tell a new story about the power and malleability of language and its important role in the central conflicts of our day. An essential reference, Shocked and Awed will keep readers informed and up-to-date on the global vocabulary war being waged around us in the twenty-first century.

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