num_pages: 368
description: While 9/11 was understood at the time as a world-changing event in international relations its uneven aftermath and the long-term effects for North America could not have been predicted. Twenty years later The Legacy of 9/11 explores the political economic security and defence and trade and border implications of the event. Written by a team of North American experts across many fields the book foregrounds the fallout of 9/11 in Mexico and Canada as opposed to the more commonly discussed impact on the United States. Looking at the event and its aftermath through four lenses  ideas about North America; border trade and economics; security and society; and defence  contributors analyze the complex legacy of 9/11. Rather than serving as a catalyst to create an integrated trilateral continent 9/11 entrenched the North America we have three separate states with emphasis on two very different borders.From a reconsideration of internationalism a rise in populism and a shift in migration patterns to the interventions in Afghanistan and Iraq The Legacy of 9/11 uncovers how successive North American governments reacted in surprising ways to the world-altering attack.
language: English
title: The Legacy of 9/11: Views from North America
publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press