False Alarm: The Truth About The Epidemic Of Fear - Rilegato

Siegel, Marc, M.D.

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ISBN 10: 0471678694 ISBN 13: 9780471678694

Casa editrice: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2005

Riassunto

The author deconstructs the current culture of fear, concluding that most Americans are in fact safe from potential terrorism but are nevertheless subject to the advertising hype and propaganda surrounding the subject.

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Recensione:

"Anthrax, vaccine shortages, and SARS, oh my! Americans have been pummeled with an endless series of apparent threats. Siegel makes a passionate argument that the only thing we have to fear is, indeed, our own paranoia. Reason, he says, is the best vaccination for this epidemic." ( Psychology Today, September/October 2005)

"Marc Siegel tries to reduce the hysteria quotient with a straightforward recitation of facts and statistics. Recalling the famous Orson Welles broadcast of "The War of the Worlds," Siegel tries all too sensibly (and one suspects futilely) to assess risk accurately and respond only to "plausible" threats such as the vulnerability of our container ships or "loose nukes" in former Soviet republics." (Benamin Barber, Los Angeles Times, August 7, 2005)

L'autore:

MARC SIEGEL, M.D., is a practicing internist, an associate professor at the New York University School of Medicine, and a Fellow in the Master Scholars Society at New York University. He is a columnist for the New York Daily News and Tribune Media Services, a member of USA Today's Board of Contributors, and a frequent contributor to the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, New York Post, Family Circle, and the Washington Post. Siegel has appeared regularly on the Today show, The Early Show on CBS, FOX News Channel, ABC News, CNN, and NPR.

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• Editore: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0471678694
• ISBN 13: 9780471678694
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 246