This research focuses on civilization clash taking place during War on Terror campaign in Baqubah, Iraq portrayed by Buried. It is conducted under American Transnational Studies frame, and uses socio-cultural and historical approach to construct the thesis. It considers research from Rwaida Gharib (2009) and Jasna Poljak Rehlicki (2015) as the foundation to continue discussing similar issue in this thesis. This research discovers that Buried contains and depicts Samuel Huntington’s Clash of Civilization materials in aspects of scenes, dialogues, and editing process. Clash of civilization occurs due to several causes as such; Difference among civilization, interaction among civilization, economic modernization, the growth of civilization-consciousness, and complexity of cultural characteristics and differences.
Keywords: clash of civilization, war on terror, American transnational studies
