03361cam a2200433 i 4500 4203 4203 BJBSDDR 20230404125749.0 ta 130114s2013 ctu b 001 0 eng 9780300176551 (cloth : alk. paper) 0300176554 (cloth : alk. paper) 17590046 DLC eng DLC eng pcc n-us--- 002 E 169.1 M331w 2013 973.931 Margulies, Joseph What changed when everything changed : 9/11 and the making of national identity / Joseph Margulies. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2013] xv, 376 pages ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. "What the United States of America is all about at our core" -- "The ceaseless striving to live out our true creed" -- The dark side of the creed -- Race and religion in national identity -- The punitive turn -- "A fight for our principles" -- "We need to bring the news to people" -- "A war for the survival of America" -- "Think the unthinkable" -- "Can you think of anything more un-American?" -- "Must we sell our birthright?" -- The paradox of the Obama era -- All will be as it ought to be. "In this startling analysis of the direction of America's political conversation since the events of September 11, 2001, Joseph Margulies traces the evolution of American identity. He shows that for key elements of the post-9/11 landscape--especially support for counterterror policies like torture and hostility to Islam--American identity is not only darker than it was before September 11, but substantially more repressive than it was immediately after the attacks. Even more surprising, this appetite for repressive policies has developed while the terrorist threat has declined. As the counsel of record in 2004 for the first Supreme Court case regarding detentions at Guantanamo Bay, and later the counsel of record for the first and only Supreme Court cases involving overseas detention of U.S. citizens in the war on terror, Margulies has direct real-life experience with these changes in values. He shows that in the immediate aftermath of 9/11 there was a shared determination to preserve national identity. But since then the national narrative has unexpectedly veered off course, becoming far more repressive and alarmist as the threat has abated. Margulies argues persuasively that beneath our common language about shared ideals, American values are surprisingly fluid, and he warns, "National identity is not fixed, it is made."--Jacket. National characteristics, American. Nationalism United States. September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 Influence. Terrorism United States Prevention Social aspects. Características nacionales Estados Unidos 2758 Nacionalismo Estados Unidos 2760 Septiembre 11 Ataque terrorista, 2001 Influencia 5597 Terrorismo Prevención Estados Unidos 4227 United States History 21st century. Estados Unidos Historia Siglo XXI 2914 Estados Unidos Características nacionales 3466 lcc BK dvf 0 0 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2023-04-04 0 002 E 169.1 M331w 2013 00000123210 2018-10-23 00:00:00 1 2018-10-23 BK