The War on Terror has led to fourteen years of armed conflict, the longest war in America's history. Though al Qaeda, the jihadist group that attacked us on September 11, 2001, has allegedly been decimated, its place has been taken by multiple jihadist and terror organizations, including the most notorious : the Islamic State. Spiral describes how the perpertual, ever widening war has plunged the country into a never-ending state of exception. Because the threat is defined as boundless and unceasing, we have, Danner concludes, 'let it define us as ideological crusaders caught in an endless war.' -- Provided by publisher.

Bush: Imposing the Exception -- Obama: Normalizing the Exception.