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Terrorism, jihad, fundamentalism, blowback - these and other highly charged terms have saturated news broadcasts and everyday conversation since September 11 2001, but to keen ears their meanings change depending upon who's doing the talking. So what do these words really mean, and what are people trying to say when they use them? Each of the 13 essays in this volume offers an informed perspective on a particular word or phrase that serves as a building block in the edifice of post-World Trade Center rhetoric. The over-riding goal is to give the reader a set of practical tools to analyse the political language used at this critical time in the US's history.

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(<p> Words are weapons in our new war, and all citizens are combatants. As a dictionary of post-911 rhetoric, Collateral Language shows us why we need smart books, not smart bombs. Brilliantly conceived, this book defines the axis of intelligence. <br>)-(Amitava Kumar), (author of Passport Photos and Bombay-London-New York )

<p> This leftward assault on 'the tyranny of political rhetoric used to justify America's new war [on terrorism]' is unlikely to end up on Bush administration nightstands. <br>- Washington Post ,

<p> Journalists are being attacked for telling the truth, for trying to tell it how it is. American journalists especially. I urge them to read a remarkable new book published by the New York University Press and edited by John Collins and Ross Glover. It's called Collateral Language and is, in its own words, intended to expose the tyranny of political rhetoric. Its chapter titles -- Anthrax, Cowardice, Evil, Freedom, Fundamentalism, Justice, Terrorism, Vital Interests and--my favourite-- The War on... (fill in the missing country) tell it all. <br>

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John Collins is Assistant Professor of Global Studies at St. Lawrence University. He is co-editor of Collateral Language: A User's Guide to America's New War. Ross Glover is Visiting Professor of Sociology at St. Lawrence University.

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