Confronting Terror

by Reuter, Dean; Yoo, John

• ISBN13: 9781594035623
• ISBN10: 1594035628
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-08-30
• Publisher: Encounter Books

Summary

After the September 11, 2001 attacks the United States went to war. With thousands of Americans killed, billions of dollars in damage, and aggressive military and security measures in response, we are still living with the war a decade later. A change of presidential administration has not dulled controversy over the most fundamental objectives, strategies and tactics of the war, or whether it is even a war. This book clears the air over the meaning of 9/11, and sets the stage for a reasoned, clear, and considered discussion of the future with a collection of essays commemorating the 10th anniversary of the attacks. The contributors include supporters and critics of the war on terrorism, policymakers and commentators, insiders and outsiders, and some of the leading voices inside and outside government.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
In Memory of Barbara K. Olson	p. 9
The Obama Response to September 11	p. 23
9/11 in its Historical Context	p. 37
War V. Crime: Breaking the Chains of the Old Security Paradigm	p. 51
A Unified Defense against Terrorists	p. 65
Reforming the Intelligence Community	p. 77
The Imperfect Reconciliation of Liberty and Security	p. 89
Torture and Democratic Accountability: An Oxymoron?	p. 103
Nuremburg Revisited and Revised: The Legitimation of Torture in the United States	p. 115
Stopping the Terrorists	p. 129
Confronting the Animating Ideology of the Enemy	p. 143
Interrogation	p. 157
Fear: The Tail Wagging the Post-9/11 Policy Dog	p. 173
Liberty, Security, and the USA Patriot Act	p. 187
Protection of our National Security-Revisited	p. 201
Access to Justice in the "War on Terror"	p. 215
Problematic Post-9/11 Judicial Inactivism: Immunizing Executive Branch Overreaching	p. 229
The Guantánamo Mess	p. 241
Our Fighting Faith, Ten Years Later	p. 263
Conclusion	p. 277
Author Biographies	p. 291
Acknowledgments	p. 303
Endnotes	p. 305
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