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The legacy of 9/11 /

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Offers in-depth analysis of forty-five documents related to one of the most devastating attacks on U.S. soil since the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Shally-Jensen, Michael (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ipswich, MA : Amenia, NY : EBSCO Information Services, Incorporated ; Grey House Publishing, [2018]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Defining documents in American history (Salem Press)
Subjects:
United States > Foreign relations > Islamic countries > Sources.
Terrorism > United States > Sources.
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 > Sources.
Jihad > Sources.
September 11 terrorist attacks, 2001 > Sources.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Publisher's Note
  • Editor's Introduction
  • Contributors
  • Historic Background
  • The Saud Family and Wahhabi Islam
  • The D'Arcy Oil Concession
  • Hussein-McMahon Correspondence
  • Sykes-Picot Agreement
  • Balfour Declaration
  • Charter of the Arab League
  • CIA Summary of the Overthrow of Premier Mossadeq of Iran
  • Baghdad Pact
  • Gamal Abdel Nasser on the Nationalization of the Suez Canal
  • The Eisenhower Doctrine
  • Sayyid Qutb on Jihad
  • Muhammad Qutb on the Origins of Islam
  • Ayatollah Khomeini on "The Great Satan"
  • Growing Conflict & 9/11
  • Documents Relating to the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
  • Memos Concerning a Meeting between Donald Rumsfeld and Saddam Hussein
  • President George H.W. Bush on the Cessation of the Persian Gulf War
  • The 1993 World Trade Center Bombing: Report and Analysis
  • From the "Clash of Civilizations"
  • Osama bin Laden's Declaration of Jihad Against the Americans
  • News Account of the USS Cole Bombing
  • Memo on the Urgent Need to Address the al-Qaeda Threat
  • Destruction of the Buddhist Statues at Bamiyan
  • President George W. Bush's Statement to the Nation on 9/11
  • Osama bin Laden's Video Statement
  • Excerpts from Knights under the Prophet's Banner
  • On Counterterrorism and U.S. Foreign Policy
  • Public Statement on the Release of the 9/11 Commission Report
  • War-Its Justifications and Problems
  • NATO Press Conference with Donald Rumsfeld
  • Colin Powell on Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction
  • Hans Blix on U.N. Weapons Inspection Efforts in Iraq
  • George W. Bush's Address to the Nation on Military Operations in Iraq
  • From The Crisis of Islam
  • "Mission to Niger" and the Valerie Plame Affair.
  • Intelligence Report on Iraq's Programs for Weapons of Mass Destruction
  • From the Fay Report on the Abu Ghraib Prisoner Abuse Scandal
  • Declaration of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi at the Execution of Nicholas Berg
  • The Post-9/11 World
  • Manning-Lamo Chat Logs
  • President Obama's Remarks on the Killing of Osama bin Laden
  • Snowden E-mail
  • U.N. Report on the Alleged Use of Chemical Weapons in the Ghouta Area of Damascus on 21 August 2013
  • Islamic State-Proclamation of the Caliphate
  • Remarks by Abdullah II of Jordan before the U.N. General Assembly
  • Hassan Rouhani's Address before the U.N. General Assembly
  • Benjamin Netanyahu: Speech before the U.N. General Assembly
  • Donald Trump's Call for a "Muslim Ban"
  • Appendixes
  • Time Line of 9/11
  • Web Resources
  • Bibliography
  • Index.