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Streets Without Joy - A Political History of Sanctuary and War, 1959-2009 (Hardcover)
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Streets Without Joy - A Political History of Sanctuary and War, 1959-2009 (Hardcover)
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List price R931
Loot Price R400
Discovery Miles 4 000
You Save R531 (57%)
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America's wars after the 9/11 attacks were marked by a political
obsession with terrorist 'sanctuaries' and 'safe havens'. From
mountain redoubts in Afghanistan to the deserts of Iraq,
Washington's policy-makers maintained an unwavering focus on
finding and destroying the refuges, bases and citadels of modern
guerrilla movements, and holding their sponsors to account. This
was a preoccupation embedded in nearly every official speech and
document of the time, a corpus of material that offered a new logic
for thinking about the world. As an exercise in political
communication, it was a spectacular success. From 2001 to 2009,
President George W. Bush and his closest advisors set terms of
reference that cascaded down from the White House, through
government and into the hearts and minds of Americans. 'Sanctuary'
was the red thread running through all of it, permeating the
decisions and discourses of the day. Where did this obsession come
from? How did it become such an important feature of American
political life? In this new political history, Michael A.K.G. Innes
explores precedents, from Saigon to Baghdad, and traces how
decision-makers and their advisors used ideas of sanctuary to
redefine American foreign policy, national security, and enemies
real and imagined.
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