{"product_id":"9780889774148","title":"Holy War: Cowboys, Indians, and 9\/11s","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Original and innovative.\"\u003c\/b\u003e David McNab, author of \u003ci\u003eNo Place for Fairness\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWalking a Tightrope\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eNoam Chomsky and George W. Bush seldom agree, but they both argued that 9\/11 stood alone in American history. Although the use of airplanes as weapons of mass destruction was new, Mark Anderson maintains that the response to the attack was not: it was, in fact, as old as the Republic itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeginning with the Mexican-American War and ending with the invasion of Iraq, \u003ci\u003eHoly War\u003c\/i\u003e probes presidential speeches, news reports, editorial cartoons, television programs, and films to uncover how the United States reverts back to its creation mythology of \"fighting Indians\" to justify centuries of American imperialism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Captivatingly written, highly accessible, and engaging. This book makes a major contribution to scholarship on 9\/11 by drawing parallels between these events and America's role in previous conflicts. More so, it illuminates the connection between a legacy of racist images of Indigenous peoples in American popular culture and the use of related imagery to justify American imperialistic intervention.\"\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew Tegelberg, Assistant Professor, York University   \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Regina Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47009270694128,"sku":"9780889774148","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780889774148_p0.jpg?v=1769912741","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780889774148","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}