Jack Bauer for President: Terrorism and Politics in 24

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24 premiered only two months after the terrorist attacks on 9/11, and in the six years since has been television's most gripping, dramatic representation of the War on Terror. But how realistic is 24's depiction of terrorists and people whose work it is to stop them? What does 24 really have to say about America's fight against terrorism? Jack Bauer for President looks at the way Jack Bauer has infiltrated our national awareness, and how 24 reflects, distorts, and comments upon ...
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24 premiered only two months after the terrorist attacks on 9/11, and in the six years since has been television's most gripping, dramatic representation of the War on Terror. But how realistic is 24's depiction of terrorists and people whose work it is to stop them? What does 24 really have to say about America's fight against terrorism? Jack Bauer for President looks at the way Jack Bauer has infiltrated our national awareness, and how 24 reflects, distorts, and comments upon our modern political landscape.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781933771274
  • Publisher: BenBella Books, Inc.
  • Publication date: 3/1/2008
  • Series: Smart Pop series
  • Pages: 193
  • Product dimensions: 6.00 (w) x 8.91 (h) x 0.48 (d)

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Richard Miniter is the author of two New York Times–bestselling books, Losing Bin Laden and Shadow War, and is an internationally recognized expert on terrorism. He lives in Arlington, Virginia.

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Table of Contents

Living with Terror   Jeanne Cavelos     1
Can a Leftist Love 24?   Steven Rubio     19
"I Despise You for Making Me Do This"   Brett Chandler Patterson     29
Honey Traps, Romeos, and Blackmail   Paul Lytle     43
Hacking Jack Bauer   Jim Rapoza     59
Jack Bauer Is the Dirty Harry for the Age of Terrorism   Lorie Byrd     67
Simulating Terror   Aaron Thomas Nelson     77
The Third Degree   Christopher J. Patrick   Deborah L. Patrick     87
24 and the Use of Torture to Obtain Preventive Intelligence   Alan M. Dershowitz     103
The Reality of Interrogation   Eli Lake     125
Jack (Bauer) and the Beanstalk   Daveed Gartenstein-Ross   Kyle Dabruzzi     133
Hail to the Chief   Kristine Kathryn Rusch     149
Jack Bauer Syndrome   Eric Greene     171
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