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Secrets of 24
The Unauthorized Guide to the Political & Moral
Issues Behind TV's Most Riveting Drama
by
Dan Burstein and Arne de Keijzer
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction:
Dan Burstein
CHAPTER 1: 24: The Cultural By-Product of the War on Terrorism
Whatever It Takes: The Politics of the Man Behind 24 by Jane Mayer, the New Yorker
Confessions of a Serial Viewer: Forget the Time, Agent Bauer. What Year Is It? by Charles McGrath, the New York Times
Full-Voltage Shocks: The 24 Addiction by Dorothy Rabinowitz, the Wall Street Journal
Down with Torture! Gimme Torture! by Sarah Vowell, blogger and contributor to This American Life
CHAPTER 2: Jack Bauer, Hero for Our Times
Rush Hour by John Leonard, New York magazine
Dante, Daniel Boone, Gary Cooper, and . . .Jack Bauer by Rick Moran, blogger, The American Thinker
King of Pain: The Political Theology of 24 by Jerome E. Copulsky, Goucher College
Jack, Our Savior? by Deirdre Good, General Theological Seminary
In the '24' World, Family Is the Main Casualty by Ginia Bellafante, the New York Times
Jack Bauer, Meet James Bond by Paul Berger, blogger, Englishman in New York
Kiefer Sutherland: Born to Play Jack Bauer by Laura Jackson, author, Kiefer Sutherland
From Jack Ryan to Jack Bauer - An interview with Tom Clancy, best-selling author
CHAPTER 3: On the Set of 24
Kiefer on Kiefer - An interview with actor Kiefer Sutherland
24 As Imagination, Politics, Ideology, and Television - An interview with producer Joel Surnow and the Writers of 24
I Choose All of My Roles with a Pair of Tweezers - An interview with actor Shohreh Aghdashloo
Ahmed Speaks: Actor Kal Penn Talks about Racial Profiling and 24 - An interview with actor Kal Penn
CTU Director Bill Buchanan Speaks Out - An interview with actor James Morrison
Dennis Haysbert on President Palmer: "They Killed Me for the Sake of the Ratings" by Stephen Applebaum, the Independent (UK)
CHAPTER 4: 24 and the Politics of Culture
We Need Chloe! by Maureen Dowd, the New York Times
24 and the American Tradition of Vigilantism by Tricia Rose, Brown University
Jonesing for More '24' by Judith Warner, the New York Times
24 and the Political/Cultural Zeitgeist by Frank Rich, the New York Times
24 As Viewed from the Other Side of the Pacific by Jing Guan & Ben Liaw, China watchers
24 and the Fog of Politics: Is Hollywood Driving Public Policy?
What Would Jack Bauer Do? by Colin Freeze, Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada)
The GOP's Torture Enthusiasts by Rosa Brooks, Georgetown University Law Center
Memo to the Candidates: 24 Is Just a TV Show; Don't Mimic by Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune
24 and America's Image in Fighting Terrorism by A Heritage Foundation Panel featuring Rush Limbaugh, James Carafano, David Heyman, Joel Surnow, Robert Cochran, and Howard Gordon
CHAPTER 5: How Well Does 24 Reflect the Real World?
Reflections on 24 and the "Real" World by Michael Chertoff, Secretary of Homeland Security
The Threats Portrayed on 24 Are Realistic - An interview with R. James Woolsey, former Director of Central Intelligence
I Sleep Well At Night - An interview with William S. Sessions, former Director of the FBI
Focus on the Real Threat (It's Not on TV) - An interview with Seymour Hersh, the New Yorker
24's Unreality Quotient: Real-World Intelligence Services Fall Woefully Short - An interview with Amy Zegart, UCLA
Shadow Hunters by Shane Harris, journalist
CHAPTER 6: At the Crossroads of Urgency & Ethics
Jack Bauer's Dilemmas?and Ours: Watching 24 As a Primer on Moral Philosophy by Brian Carney, the Wall Street Journal
An Army Interrogator's Dark Journey Through Iraq - An interview with Tony Lagouranis, former U.S. Army interrogator
24, Or, Himmler in Hollywood by Slavoj ?i?ek, philospher and cultural critic
Is Torture Ever Morally Defensible? - An interview with Mark Bowden, Atlantic Monthly
Torture in Prime Time: Getting It Right by David Danzig, Human Rights First
CHAPTER 7: Next Threat: The Battles in Jack Bauer's Future
Brave New War: The Next Stage of Terrorism by John Robb, systems thinker
Why the Department of Homeland Security Should Be Dismantled - An interview with Alvin Toffler, futurist
24's Suitcase Nuke Scenario: A Real-World Worry - An interview with Laura Holgate, Nuclear Threat Initiative
The Technology of 24: Real and Imagined, Fiction and Nonfiction by David Shugarts, journalist
About the Contributors and the Cast
Acknowledgments
Index