The Terror Dream (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780312428006)

It has become clear over the years that the reaction of America's politicians and media to the attacks of 9/11 was bizarrely misdirected and dangerous to our national security. But no one has fully probed its cultural roots. Until now. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author Susan Faludi brilliantly demonstrates how our culture's seemingly inexplicable response was actually a reflex set centuries deep in the American grain. Her analysis of what went on in the months and years after 9/11 will shock even those who thought they knew the full measure of that tragedy (as her account of the post-9/11 media marketing of flight-suit superheroes, cowering security moms, Jessica-Lynchesque helpless girls, and Daniel Boone-wannabe politicians will outrage and amuse).

A masterwork of historical interpretation and a Rosetta stone for deciphering the ongoing spectacle of American politics, journalism, and culture, The Terror Dream flushes from hiding a forceful dynamic that disfigures our lives even in times of normalcy, and that, unless it is confronted, will send us reeling in a wrong direction the next time tragedy strikes.

Author: Susan Faludi
ISBN-10: 0312428006
ISBN-13: 9780312428006
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Language: English
Published: 09/02/2008
Pages: 480
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.40w x 1.30d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 09/21/2008 pg. 26