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A few days after the 9/11 attacks, Vice President Dick Cheney warned that there might never be an “end date” in the “struggle” against terrorism, a point at which it would be possible to say, “There, it’s all over with.”
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This chapter draws on, develops, and updates material in John Mueller, Overblown: How Politicians and the Terrorism Industry Inflate National Security Threats, and Why We Believe Them (New York: Free Press, 2006).
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Mueller, J. (2009). The Long-Term Political and Economic Consequences of 9/11. In: Morgan, M.J. (eds) The Impact of 9/11 on Politics and War. The Day that Changed Everything?. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230623712_2
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