Homeland
The War on Terror in American Life
A groundbreaking history of how the decades-long war on terror changed virtually every aspect of American life, from the erosion of citizenship down to the cars we bought and TV we watched—by an acclaimed n+1 writer
“[An] ambitious . . . portrait of why 9/11 is still at the heart of American life . . . It’s impossible not to admire the nerve and scope of Beck’s treatise.”—The Washington Post
SHORTLISTED FOR THE J. ANTHONY LUKAS BOOK PRIZE • A NEW YORKER AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
For twenty years after September 11, the war on terror was simultaneously everywhere and nowhere. With all of the military violence occurring overseas even as the threat of sudden mass death permeated life…