Homegrown by Piotr M. Szpunar PAPERBACK 9781479870332

HomegrownIdentity and Difference in the American War on Terror\nAuthor(s): Piotr M. Szpunar\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: New York University Press, United States\nImprint: New York University Press\nISBN-13: 9781479870332, 978-1479870332\nSynopsis\nAn insightful study of how identity is mobilized in and for war in the face of homegrown terrorism. \n \""You are either with us, or against us\"" is the refrain that captures the spirit of the global war on terror. Images of the \""them\"" implied in this war crydistinct foreign \""others\""inundate Americans on hit television shows, Hollywood blockbusters, and nightly news. However, in this book, Piotr Szpunar tells the story of a fuzzier image: the homegrown terrorist, a foe that blends into the crowd, who Americans are told looks, talks, and acts \""like us.\"" \n Homegrown delves into the dynamics of domestic counterterrorism, revealing the complications that arise when the terrorist threat involves Americans, both residents and citizens, w.