American Foreign Policy and the Politics of Fear¶
Thrall, A. T., & Cramer, J. K. (2009). American Foreign Policy and the Politics of Fear: Threat Inflation since 9/11. Routledge.
Cited by¶
1 citation across 1 artifact.
Each citation links to the sentence it supports in the citing article.
Primes¶
- Shirky Principle
- In defense and security industries, contractors, lobbies, and think-tank ecosystems draw revenue that tracks the perceived threat level, with a corresponding incentive to maintain the threat's salience.
This sourceAnalyzes threat inflation — elite efforts to exaggerate threats beyond what disinterested analysis warrants — including the role of defense contractors and defense-funded think tanks whose interests track perceived threat level.
- In defense and security industries, contractors, lobbies, and think-tank ecosystems draw revenue that tracks the perceived threat level, with a corresponding incentive to maintain the threat's salience.
Verification¶
This reference passed the adversarial substantiation pipeline: it was checked to exist and to support the claim it is attached to. See how references were verified.
Registry ID ref:588fdc961a78 · see in the full table