An entire generation of young adults has never known an America without the War on Terror. This
book contends with the pervasive effects of post-9 11 policy- and myth-making in the United
States in every corner of American life. Neverending War on Terror is organized around five
keywords that have come to define the cultural and political moment: homeland security
privacy torture and drone. Alex Lubin synthesizes nearly two decades of United States
war-making against terrorism by asking how the War on Terror has changed American politics and
society and how the War on Terror draws on historical myths about American national and
imperial identity. From the PATRIOT Act to the hit show Homeland from Edward Snowden to
Guantanamo Bay and from 9 11 memorials to Trumpism this succinct book connects America's
political economy and international relations to our contemporary culture at every turn.
