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In the Name of Terrorism: How Presidents Select, Deflect and Reflect Reality Table of Contents Chapter One..........................................................................................1 What's in a Name? Presidential Discourse and Terrorism...................................................5 Terrorism and Ideology...................................................................10 Labeling...........................................................................11 Narratives.........................................................................14 Ideographs........................................................................18 Chapter Two..... ...................................................................................26 The Vietnam War and the Communist Terrorists Labeling the Threat........................................................................27 The Terrorist Narrative in the Vietnam War...........................................34 Terrorism and Ideology...................................................................43 Chapter Three.......................................................................................56 The Iranian Hostage Crisis: An American Tragedy Labeling the Captors......................................................................57 The Narrative in the Iranian Hostage Crisis............................................64 Ideology and the Iranian Hostage Crisis................................................85 Chapter Four........................................................................................ 99 Origins of Terrorism as an American Ideograph: The Reagan Era Labeling the Threat.......................................................................107 The Terrorist Narrative in the Reagan Era.............................................119 Terrorism and Ideology...................................................................138 Chapter Five.......................................................................................148 The Persian Gulf Conflict of 1991: The Cold War Narrative in the Post Cold War Era Labeling the Crisis........................................................................150 The Narrative of the 1991 Persian Gulf Crisis........................................161 Ideology an Persian Gulf Terrorism...................................................182 Chapter Six.........................................................................................193 Terrorism and the Clinton Era: A Prophetic Moment Labeling the Threat......................................................................198 Clinton's Terrorist Narrative............................................................206 Terrorism and Ideology..................................................................231 Chapter Seven.....................................................................................237 America Under Attack: George W. Bush and Non-Citizen Actors Labeling the Crises......................................................................242 The Terrorist Narrative..................................................................253 Terrorism and Ideology.................................................................278 Chapter Eight......................................................................................288 Terrorism and the American Culture Endnotes...........................................................................................319 Bibliography.......................................................................................322
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Terrorism -- Government policy -- United States.
Political oratory -- United States.
Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- United States.
Presidents -- United States -- Language.
Ideology -- United States.