Fear factor -- Cities and the war on terror -- Empire of the insensate -- Urban operations and network centric warfare -- Planet America : empire's new land grab -- Waiting in African cities -- Border tours : strategies of surveillance, tactics of encroachment -- Restating the obvious -- The threat from within : protecting the indefensible from the indeterminate -- Blank slates and disaster zones : the state, September 11, and the displacement of Chinatown -- Back to zero : mourning in America -- The new emotions of home : fear, insecurity, and paranoia -- Stage authenticity today -- Architecture emblematic : hardened sites and softened symbols -- Me and my monkey : what's hiding in the security state -- Thanatotactics -- "The poor man's airforce" : a brief history of the car bomb.