{"product_id":"spiral-9781476747774","title":"Spiral","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn a clear-eyed and shrewd examinationof how the US seems to be mired in a losing and intractable battle against global terrorism (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e), Mark Danner describes a nation forever altered by President George W. Bushs war of choice after 9\/11.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe War on Terror has led to fifteen years of armed conflict, the longest war in Americas history. Al Qaeda, the organization that attacked us on 9\/11, has been decimated (the word is Obamas) but replaced by multiple jihadist and terror organizations, including the most notoriousISIS.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpiral\u003c\/i\u003e, explains Mark Danner, is what we can call a perpetual and continuously widening war that has put the country in a state of exception. Bushs promise that we have taken the gloves off and Obamas inability to define an end game have had a profound effect on us even though the actual combat is fought by a tiny percentage of our citizens. In the name of security, some of our accustomed rights and freedoms are circumscr","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49530708296023,"sku":"9781476747774","price":16.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476747774.jpg?v=1731880245","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/spiral-9781476747774","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}