Since 11 September 2001, the War on Terror has dominated global political life. The book takes a critical look at different ways in which the George W. Bush administration created and justified this far-reaching conflict through their use of language and other discursive practices.

Lee Jarvis is a Senior Lecturer in International Security at the University of East Anglia, UK. He has articles published in a range of top journals including Security Dialogue, Political Studies, Millennium, and International Relations. He is author of Times of Terror: Discourse, Temporality and the War on Terror , and co-author of Terrorism: A Critical Introduction . The latter was awarded a 2012 Choice Outstanding Academic Title award.

Preface Introduction Making Time, Shaping Time Writing Radical Discontinuity Writing Linear Times Writing Timelessness Time, Violence, Identity, Politics Bibiography List of Sources Index