Aftershock: The War on Terror

Episode 1: With Us or Against Us


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In the days after 9/11, George W. Bush declared a state of emergency and initiated what would become an unprecedented expansion of US power. Public debate narrowed: there were new limits on what was acceptable, and not acceptable, to say. The London Review of Books published a number of pieces that challenged this consensus, forcing its editor, Mary-Kay Wilmers, to defend the paper on national radio.

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‘Good Day New York’/FOX5 New York/FOX
‘SmackDown’/USA Network/WWE
‘Meet the Press’/NBC/NBC News Productions
‘Broadcasting House’/BBC Radio 4/BBC

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Aftershock: The War on TerrorBy London Review of Books