Bit late noticing this one – nice review of Terror and Territory in The Canadian Geographer by Jeremy Kowalski (requires subscription). Interesting to see the take on the book proposed here, which is not how I would have put it, but naturally I don’t have anything like the final say on how the book speaks to its readers:

In effect, instability is the master signifier around which Terror and territory is organized. In this sense, each chapter of the text forms an independent yet interconnected nonlinear point in a constellation with the threat of territorial instability and, by extension, the fear of political and economic instability at its centre. Moreover, each point in this constellation encompasses individual discursive and material strategies and/or tactics utilized by the United States and its related apparatuses to maintain and/or (re)establish territorial stability.

Its key criticism is not unfair, suggesting that my focus is on the external relations of territory, rather than internal tensions. It suggesting reading Stephen Graham’s work as alongside mine, noting the Cities, War and Terrorism book (I’d suggest Cities Under Siege as well). Steve and I were colleagues at the time we were writing these works, and I think we would both agree with the suggestion that “These texts are mutually complementary and help enable one to identify and trace the complex cartographies and spatialities that inform, influence, and shape the territorial logic of the present”.

Overall it’s a positive review, concluding:

Terror and territory is a timely text that helps to elucidate and bring into focus how current political geographies are both shaping and being shaped by the war on terror. This text should be a welcome addition to the bookshelves of students and scholars from a variety of disciplines who have an interest in international affairs, geopolitics, terrorism, and/or political violence.