The Terror Dream: Fear and Fantasy in Post-9/11 America

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The Terror Dream: Fear and Fantasy in Post-9/11 America

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78 minutes

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Oct 16, 2007

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The Pulitzer Prize- winning author of Stiffed and Backlash examines the post-9/11 outpouring in the media, popular culture, and political life and offers a fiercely original view of ourselves, our history, and the future we may unwittingly be creating.

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Oct 16, 2007

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The Terror Dream: Fear and Fantasy in Post-9/11 America

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