Table of Contents

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction. Convicting Detainee #001: Locating the Courts in the Global War on Terror

1. Offensive Lawfare: The Juridification of the Global War on Terror

2. Defining the Bad Guys: Geopolitics, Terrorists, and the Courts

3. The Racialization of Legal Categories: From the Citizen to the Terrorist

4. Terrorologists: Epistemic Injustice in Terrorism Prosecutions

5. Prosecuting Lone Wolves: The Legal Life of Radicalization Theories

Conclusion. Abolitionist Futures: Rethinking Power, Politics, and Violence

Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the Author

Nicole Nguyen is associate professor of criminology, law, and justice at the University of Illinois Chicago. She is author of A Curriculum of Fear: Homeland Security in U.S. Public Schools (Minnesota, 2016) and Suspect Communities: Anti-Muslim Racism and the Domestic War on Terror (Minnesota, 2019).

Reviews

"Through its expansive analysis of anti-Muslim racism and the global war on terror, Terrorism on Trial reveals startling connections across some of the most urgent issues of our times-from U.S. settler colonialism and militarism to policing and global punishment. This book’s contextual approach to resistance and its coalitional approach to race, empire, and abolition provide an urgent foundation for anyone committed to life-affirming futures rooted in transnational BIPOC coalitions and solidarities."-Nadine Naber, University of Illinois Chicago   "Nicole Nguyen’s commanding study exposes how U.S. geopolitics play out in the criminal justice system in cases against people accused of terrorism. She shows how their prosecution-and prosecutability-often relies on allegations constructed from sting operations, Islamophobic impulses, and unfounded or propagandistic claims of the government’s favorite terrorologists."-Lisa Hajjar, author of The War in Court: Inside the Long Fight against Torture