Language is never just a means of communication. It terrorizes. And, especially in times of war, it has the ability to target civilians and generate fear as a means of producing specific political outcomes, most notably the passive and active acceptance of state violence itself. For this reason, the critical examination of language must be a central part of any effort to fight imperialism, militarism, demagoguery, racism, sexism, and other structures of injustice. Globalizing Collateral Language examines the discourse surrounding 9/11 and its entrenchment in global politics and culture.To interrogate this wartime lexicon of "e;"e;collateral language,"e;"e; editors John Collins and Somdeep Sen have assembled a volume of critical essays that explores the long shadow of America's "e;"e;War on Terror"e;"e; discourse. They illuminate how this language has now found resonance across the globe and in political projects that have little to do with the "e;"e;War on Terror."e;"e; Two decades after the attacks of September 11, 2001, this book calls on us to resist the tyranny of collateral language at a time when the need for such interventions in the public sphere is more urgent than ever.