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The Odd Appeal of War

Chapter 1 questions why we often think of war when confronted with an extreme social anomaly or some inexplicable crisis. The chapter begins with a discussion of the 9/11 attacks and the immediate response of many Americans (including President George W. Bush) that the country was at war. This began the idea of a war on terror, an idea that was similar to Al-Qaeda’s idea of war on America, as both born out of a sense of social chaos and a threatened conquering by a shadowy enemy. War is an imagined alternative reality. Examples in culture include computer games, novels, and religious mythology. The etymology of the word “war” is based on the old English werra, meaning “chaos,” “confusion.”