Silberstein Sandra. War of Words: Language, Politics and 9/11

Routledge, 2002. — xv, 172 p. — ISBN: 0-203-34142-2.This book is about language, about the ways language is deployed in times of national crisis. In the aftermath of the events of September 11, through public rhetoric, an act of terror became a war; the Bush presidency was ratified; New York became America’s city, with Rudy Giuliani as “mayor of the world.” Patriotism became consumerism, dissent was discouraged, and Americans became students, newly schooled in strategic geography and Islam. Perhaps most importantly, public language (re)created a national identity.From Terror to War: The War on Terrorism
Becoming President
From News to Entertainment: Eyewitness Accounts
New York Becomes America(n)
Selling America
“The New McCarthyism”
Schooling America: Lessons on Islam and Geography