Abstract

This article reviews three recent books, each of which help establish connections between the attack on the World Trade Center in 2001 and the storming of the U.S. Capitol in 2021. The review highlights the ways the 9/11 attacks amplified latent nativist and xenophobic currents in U.S. society. It also shows how the prosecution of the Global War on Terror militarized new sectors of American society while simultaneously undermining trust in government as economic convulsions, protracted overseas wars, and the Covid-19 pandemic adversely affected ordinary Americans. In the course of developing these arguments the review helps explain Donald Trump’s popular appeal and it shows how and why America may now be on the brink of a new civil war.

摘要

本文回顾了最近的三本书，每本书都有助于在 2001 年对世界贸易中心的袭击与 2021 年美国国会大厦的袭击之间建立联系。该评论强调了 9/11 袭击如何放大了潜在的本土主义和仇外情绪美国社会。它还展示了全球反恐战争的起诉如何使美国社会的新部门军事化，同时随着经济动荡、旷日持久的海外战争和 Covid-19 大流行对普通美国人产生不利影响，削弱了对政府的信任。在发展这些论点的过程中，该评论有助于解释唐纳德特朗普的大众吸引力，并展示了美国现在如何以及为何可能处于新内战的边缘。