9/11 and Captivity Narratives

Regarding analogies, here's another historical comparison by Susan Faludi in the New York Times. She examines America's reaction to 9/11 in light of 17th and 18th-century American colonists' struggle against the Indians. She argues that Americans created "a fable of national invincibility on the American frontier" to cocoon themselves from their traumatic introduction to the Americas and early loss of life (significant in terms of percentage) in wars against the Indians. And, Faludi, writes, we're doing it again.