HENRY A. GIROUX is Waterbury Chair Professor of Secondary Education at Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of many books including Stealing Innocence (SMP, 2000), Channel Surfing(SMP, 1997), Border Crossings, and Impure Acts. He lives in State College, PA. Giroux has also written for a variety of high profile magazines like Spin and Artforum.

'...should not be missed by anyone who works with children as a teacher, parent, or social worker.' - Michael Payne, The Sunbury Item 'A marvelous hard-driving book that digs deep and rips away a lot of bunk and pretense ... it has the power of a moral and sophisticated manifesto.' - Jonathan Kozol

• Introduction: The War Against Youth in a Post 9/11 Era PART I: DEMOCRACY BEYOND CULTURE OF FEAR Public Time versus Emergency Time: Politics, Terrorism, and the Culture of Fear Democracy, Patriotism, and Schooling after September 11: Critical Citizens or Unthinking Patriots? Global Capitalism and the Return of the Garrison State: Rethinking Hope in the Age of In-Security PART II: THE ABANDONED GENERATION Leaving Most Children Behind: Public Education Under Siege Teen Girls' Resistance: The Disappearing Social in 'Ghost World' From 'Manchild' to Baby Boy: Race and the Politics of Self-Help Higher Education, Inc.: Training Students to Be Consumers