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Susan Faludi's 'Terror Dream'
ResumeNow, Faludi is looking at post-9/11 America, and here's what she sees: a frightened country that has retreated to a core national myth from the wells of history — vulnerable settlers, under attack by savages, putting big brave men out front and little women in the kitchen.
We are prisoners, she says, of a "master narrative" that is showing its age.
This hour, On Point: Susan Faludi and "The Terror Dream."Guests:
Susan Faludi, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and best-selling author of "The Terror Dream: Fear and Fantasy in Post-9/11 America," "Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American Man," and "Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women."
Mona Charen, syndicated columnist and author of "Do-Gooders: How Liberals Hurt Those They Claim to Help (and the Rest of Us)" and "Useful Idiots: How Liberals Got It Wrong in the Cold War and Still Blame America."
This program aired on October 31, 2007.