Terence McSweeney is Senior Lecturer in the School of Media Arts and Technology, Southampton Solent University.

Both [of Terence McSweeney's] publications provide fascinating and timely discussions of contemporary cultural texts in an accessible and engaging way. They are guaranteed to spark the interest of varied audiences, from students of American studies to researchers theorizing post-9/11 representations, ideologies and discourses in popular culture, politics and the media. The authors’ fast-paced style and passion for academically overlooked, yet hugely popular films, will certainly appeal to the non-specialist public intrigued by the subtexts of box office hits.

• List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Foreword Introduction, "American Cinema in the Shadow of 9/11" PART ONE: Dramatisations of the 'War on Terror'1. "The Mythic Shape of American Sniper (2015)" by John Shelton Lawrence and Robert Jewett 2. "Responding to Realities or Telling the Same Old Story? Mixing Real-World and Mythic Resonances in The Kingdom (2007) and Zero Dark Thirty (2012)" by Geoff King 3. "Acts of Redemption and ‘The Falling Man’ Photograph in Post-9/11 US Cinema" by Guy Westwell 4. "‘You Be Very Mindful of How You Act’: Post-9/11 Culture and Arab American Subjectivities in Joseph Castelo’s The War Within (2005) and Hesham Issawi’s AmericanEast (2008)" by Paul Petrovic 5. "Refracting fundamentalism in Mira Nair’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2012)" by Ana Cristina Mendes and Karen BennettPART TWO: Influences of the 'War on Terror'6. "‘Not now that strength’ Embodiment and Globalisation in Post-9/11 James Bond " by Vincent M. Gaine 7. "Training the Body Politic: Networked Masculinity and the 'War on Terror' in Hollywood Film" by Adam Knee 8. "‘Gettin’ Dirty’: Tarantino’s Vengeful Justice, The Marked Viewer, and Post-9/11 America" by Andrew Schopp 9. "Stop the Clocks: Lincoln and Post-9/11 Cinema" by Ian Scott 10. "Foreshadows of the Fall: Questioning 9/11’s Impact on American Attitudes" by Stephen Joyce PART THREE: Allegories of the 'War on Terror'11. "Daddy, I'm scared. Can we go home?": Fear and Allegory in Frank Darabont’s The Mist (2007) by Terence McSweeney 12. "The Terrible, Horrible Desire to Know: Post-9/11 Horror Remakes, Reboots, Sequels, and Prequels" by James Kendrick 13. "Post-9/11 Power and Responsibility in the Marvel Cinematic Universe" by Christine Muller 14. "Nowhere left to Zone in Children of Men (2006)" by Sean Redmond 15. "Traumatize, Repeat, Finish: Military Science Fiction (Long) after 9/11 and Doug Liman’s Edge of Tomorrow (2014)" by Steffen Hantke Afterword Selected Filmography Index

Terence McSweeney is Senior Lecturer in the School of Media Arts and Technology, Southampton Solent University.

Both [of Terence McSweeney's] publications provide fascinating and timely discussions of contemporary cultural texts in an accessible and engaging way. They are guaranteed to spark the interest of varied audiences, from students of American studies to researchers theorizing post-9/11 representations, ideologies and discourses in popular culture, politics and the media. The authors’ fast-paced style and passion for academically overlooked, yet hugely popular films, will certainly appeal to the non-specialist public intrigued by the subtexts of box office hits.

• List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Foreword Introduction, "American Cinema in the Shadow of 9/11" PART ONE: Dramatisations of the 'War on Terror'1. "The Mythic Shape of American Sniper (2015)" by John Shelton Lawrence and Robert Jewett 2. "Responding to Realities or Telling the Same Old Story? Mixing Real-World and Mythic Resonances in The Kingdom (2007) and Zero Dark Thirty (2012)" by Geoff King 3. "Acts of Redemption and ‘The Falling Man’ Photograph in Post-9/11 US Cinema" by Guy Westwell 4. "‘You Be Very Mindful of How You Act’: Post-9/11 Culture and Arab American Subjectivities in Joseph Castelo’s The War Within (2005) and Hesham Issawi’s AmericanEast (2008)" by Paul Petrovic 5. "Refracting fundamentalism in Mira Nair’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2012)" by Ana Cristina Mendes and Karen BennettPART TWO: Influences of the 'War on Terror'6. "‘Not now that strength’ Embodiment and Globalisation in Post-9/11 James Bond " by Vincent M. Gaine 7. "Training the Body Politic: Networked Masculinity and the 'War on Terror' in Hollywood Film" by Adam Knee 8. "‘Gettin’ Dirty’: Tarantino’s Vengeful Justice, The Marked Viewer, and Post-9/11 America" by Andrew Schopp 9. "Stop the Clocks: Lincoln and Post-9/11 Cinema" by Ian Scott 10. "Foreshadows of the Fall: Questioning 9/11’s Impact on American Attitudes" by Stephen Joyce PART THREE: Allegories of the 'War on Terror'11. "Daddy, I'm scared. Can we go home?": Fear and Allegory in Frank Darabont’s The Mist (2007) by Terence McSweeney 12. "The Terrible, Horrible Desire to Know: Post-9/11 Horror Remakes, Reboots, Sequels, and Prequels" by James Kendrick 13. "Post-9/11 Power and Responsibility in the Marvel Cinematic Universe" by Christine Muller 14. "Nowhere left to Zone in Children of Men (2006)" by Sean Redmond 15. "Traumatize, Repeat, Finish: Military Science Fiction (Long) after 9/11 and Doug Liman’s Edge of Tomorrow (2014)" by Steffen Hantke Afterword Selected Filmography Index

Terence McSweeney is Senior Lecturer in the School of Media Arts and Technology, Southampton Solent University.

Both [of Terence McSweeney's] publications provide fascinating and timely discussions of contemporary cultural texts in an accessible and engaging way. They are guaranteed to spark the interest of varied audiences, from students of American studies to researchers theorizing post-9/11 representations, ideologies and discourses in popular culture, politics and the media. The authors’ fast-paced style and passion for academically overlooked, yet hugely popular films, will certainly appeal to the non-specialist public intrigued by the subtexts of box office hits.

• List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Foreword Introduction, "American Cinema in the Shadow of 9/11" PART ONE: Dramatisations of the 'War on Terror'1. "The Mythic Shape of American Sniper (2015)" by John Shelton Lawrence and Robert Jewett 2. "Responding to Realities or Telling the Same Old Story? Mixing Real-World and Mythic Resonances in The Kingdom (2007) and Zero Dark Thirty (2012)" by Geoff King 3. "Acts of Redemption and ‘The Falling Man’ Photograph in Post-9/11 US Cinema" by Guy Westwell 4. "‘You Be Very Mindful of How You Act’: Post-9/11 Culture and Arab American Subjectivities in Joseph Castelo’s The War Within (2005) and Hesham Issawi’s AmericanEast (2008)" by Paul Petrovic 5. "Refracting fundamentalism in Mira Nair’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2012)" by Ana Cristina Mendes and Karen BennettPART TWO: Influences of the 'War on Terror'6. "‘Not now that strength’ Embodiment and Globalisation in Post-9/11 James Bond " by Vincent M. Gaine 7. "Training the Body Politic: Networked Masculinity and the 'War on Terror' in Hollywood Film" by Adam Knee 8. "‘Gettin’ Dirty’: Tarantino’s Vengeful Justice, The Marked Viewer, and Post-9/11 America" by Andrew Schopp 9. "Stop the Clocks: Lincoln and Post-9/11 Cinema" by Ian Scott 10. "Foreshadows of the Fall: Questioning 9/11’s Impact on American Attitudes" by Stephen Joyce PART THREE: Allegories of the 'War on Terror'11. "Daddy, I'm scared. Can we go home?": Fear and Allegory in Frank Darabont’s The Mist (2007) by Terence McSweeney 12. "The Terrible, Horrible Desire to Know: Post-9/11 Horror Remakes, Reboots, Sequels, and Prequels" by James Kendrick 13. "Post-9/11 Power and Responsibility in the Marvel Cinematic Universe" by Christine Muller 14. "Nowhere left to Zone in Children of Men (2006)" by Sean Redmond 15. "Traumatize, Repeat, Finish: Military Science Fiction (Long) after 9/11 and Doug Liman’s Edge of Tomorrow (2014)" by Steffen Hantke Afterword Selected Filmography Index