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The Book Focuses On President Clinton’s Discursive Construction Of ‘new Terrorism’, Or ‘catastrophic Terrorism’, And The Counterterrorism Practices Implemented By The Clinton Administration, While Simultaneously Comparing It With President Reagan’s And President George W. Bush’s Approaches To Counterterrorism. It Shows How The War On Terror Can Be Traced To Earlier Periods, And That The So-called Bush Revolution Was Largely Built Upon The Existing Framework Established By President Reagan And President Clinton. Prior To The 2001 Terrorist Attacks, Clinton Had Expanded Reagan’s First ‘war On Terrorism’ Discourse And Constructed The ‘new Terrorism’ Discourse, Characterised By The Notions Of Borderless Threats, ‘home-grown’ Terrorism, Wmd-terrorism, Cyberterrorism, And Rogue States. Clinton’s ‘new Terrorism’ Discourse Provided A Useful Framework For George W. Bush To Discursively Respond To The Terrorist Attacks On September 11th, 2001. The Origins Of The War On Terror And The Myth Of President George W. Bush's Foreign Policy Revolution -- Framing The Threat Of New Terrorism: The Invention Of U.s. Terrorism Discourse, And President Clinton's Counterterrorism Approach -- Conceptualisating Terrorist Attacks: Metaphors, Frames, And President Clinton's Counterterrorism Initiatives -- Framing The Threat Of Rogue States: Iraq, Iran, And Clinton's Dual-containment Approach To Middle East Peace -- Writing American National Identity: Narratives And The Social Construction Of Terrorism As A Negative Ideograph -- Rethinking The Discursive Construction Of Terrorism And Counterterrorism: Theoretical Reflections And Implications. Chin-kuei Tsui. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.