Shocked and Awed A Dictionary of the War on Terror

Reviews

“The reading is fascinating and raises important questions about the use and misuse of the English language. This book ought to be in all public and academic libraries.”—Steve Stratton Booklist

“Fred Halliday’s unorthodox dictionary defines hundreds of words and phrases used about 9/11, the wars and other events that have followed it. . . . Taken together, these words tell a new story about the power and malleability of language and its important role in the central conflicts of our day.”—Foreword

“An excellent volume for those who wonder about the history and definition of terrorism-related terms.”—K. Evans Choice

“An unusual and rewarding dictionary. . . . Halliday does an excellent job of proving the ways language is used to promote specific agendas. Along the way he provides fascinating tidbits of history and culture.”—Mary Axford, Reference and Subject Librarian, Georgia Institute of Technology Reference Reviews

“[The book] is a lexiconographer’s narrative of how the ongoing corruption of public language allowed us to move from Sept. 11, 2011, to the Patriot Act to many years of deployment of U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.”—Casey Sanchez Santa Fe New Mexican/ Pasatiempo