9/11
By: Louise I. Gerdes, book editor.
Contributors: Gerdes, Louise I., 1953-
Series: Perspectives on modern world history
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780737747935
Subjects: September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 -- Influence; War on Terrorism, 2001-2009; United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009
Other titles: Nine/eleven
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The events and aftermath of 9/11. 9/11 : the terrorist attack on the United States / David Greenberg; title: The evolution of the terrorist plot / Peter Finn; title: New York : a changed city / Jim Dwyer, Susan Sachs; title: A French journalist claims that we are all Americans / Jean-Marie Colombani; title: A muslim leader calls for restraint / El Hassan bin Talal; title: The U.S. President addresses the people after 9/11 / George W. Bush; title: The painful process of dealing with the dead / Richard Bernstein and the staff of the New York Times-- The controversies surrounding 9/11. U.S. intelligence failures made the United States vulnerable on 9/11 / Amy B. Zegart; title: U.S. cultural excess and foreign policy breed discontent among would-be terrorists / Riad Z. Abdelkarim; title: Globalization did not lead to the attacks of 9/11 / Brink Lindsey; title: Although anti-terrorism strategies have made the United States safer, vigilance is necessary / Melvin A. Goodman; title: Anti-terrorism laws created in response to 9/11 compromise civil liberties worldwide / Erika Waak; title: Racial profiling is necessary in the wake of 9/11 / Peter H. Schuck; title: Racial profiling is not necessary in the wake of 9/11 / American Civil Liberties Union; title: The air in New York was not safe to breathe after the attacks / Andrew Stephen; title: Answering the 9/11 conspiracy theorists / Dominik Cziesche ... [et al.]; title: Personal narratives of 9/11. The final preparations of a 9/11 terrorist / Mohamed Atta; title: In the eye of the storm : a New York journalist's story / John Bussey; title: A New York City firefighter describes a day of horror, pain, and loss / Robert Reeg; title: A rookie police officer's courage and compassion / Nancy Ramos-Williams; title: A Pentagon search-and-rescue worker connects with a victim's family / Rick Newman; title: Chronology; title: For further reading