Nicole Nguyen is assistant professor of social foundations of education at the University of Illinois-Chicago.

"A Curriculum of Fear offers unique and engaging insight on the intersections of education, securitization, and militarism in the United States. It makes an important contribution to research in each of these fields."-Emily Gilbert, University of Toronto"A Curriculum of Fear provides a valuable contribution to the literature on the militarization and corporatization of schools, situating the topic in terms of the broader ideological and economic constellation of neoliberalism and militarism. Nicole Nguyen offers an expansive view that addresses school governance and policy, curriculum and cultural politics, and subjectivity formation."-Kenneth Saltman, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth"A must-read."-H-Net"Nguyen demonstrates tremendous abilities as a writer that bode well for the quality of intellectual work we can expect from her in the future. A Curriculum of Fear, however, might be a tough act for her to follow."-American Journal of Sociology

• ContentsIntroduction: Welcome to Milton High1. Teaching War and Feeling Fear: Public School Reform during the Global War on Terror2. The Covert Researcher: The Ethics of a School Ethnography3. This Is Your Future: Militarizing the Dreams of Students4. Teaching Terrorism: Inside the Homeland Security Program5. Student, Terrorist, or Patriot? Learning to Fear, Mourn, and Love after September 11 Conclusion: Thinking Differently while under SiegeAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex

Nicole Nguyen is assistant professor of social foundations of education at the University of Illinois-Chicago.

"A Curriculum of Fear offers unique and engaging insight on the intersections of education, securitization, and militarism in the United States. It makes an important contribution to research in each of these fields."-Emily Gilbert, University of Toronto"A Curriculum of Fear provides a valuable contribution to the literature on the militarization and corporatization of schools, situating the topic in terms of the broader ideological and economic constellation of neoliberalism and militarism. Nicole Nguyen offers an expansive view that addresses school governance and policy, curriculum and cultural politics, and subjectivity formation."-Kenneth Saltman, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth"A must-read."-H-Net"Nguyen demonstrates tremendous abilities as a writer that bode well for the quality of intellectual work we can expect from her in the future. A Curriculum of Fear, however, might be a tough act for her to follow."-American Journal of Sociology

• ContentsIntroduction: Welcome to Milton High1. Teaching War and Feeling Fear: Public School Reform during the Global War on Terror2. The Covert Researcher: The Ethics of a School Ethnography3. This Is Your Future: Militarizing the Dreams of Students4. Teaching Terrorism: Inside the Homeland Security Program5. Student, Terrorist, or Patriot? Learning to Fear, Mourn, and Love after September 11 Conclusion: Thinking Differently while under SiegeAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex

Nicole Nguyen is assistant professor of social foundations of education at the University of Illinois-Chicago.

"A Curriculum of Fear offers unique and engaging insight on the intersections of education, securitization, and militarism in the United States. It makes an important contribution to research in each of these fields."-Emily Gilbert, University of Toronto"A Curriculum of Fear provides a valuable contribution to the literature on the militarization and corporatization of schools, situating the topic in terms of the broader ideological and economic constellation of neoliberalism and militarism. Nicole Nguyen offers an expansive view that addresses school governance and policy, curriculum and cultural politics, and subjectivity formation."-Kenneth Saltman, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth"A must-read."-H-Net"Nguyen demonstrates tremendous abilities as a writer that bode well for the quality of intellectual work we can expect from her in the future. A Curriculum of Fear, however, might be a tough act for her to follow."-American Journal of Sociology

• ContentsIntroduction: Welcome to Milton High1. Teaching War and Feeling Fear: Public School Reform during the Global War on Terror2. The Covert Researcher: The Ethics of a School Ethnography3. This Is Your Future: Militarizing the Dreams of Students4. Teaching Terrorism: Inside the Homeland Security Program5. Student, Terrorist, or Patriot? Learning to Fear, Mourn, and Love after September 11 Conclusion: Thinking Differently while under SiegeAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex