The War on Terrorism: 21st-century Perspectives

by Gale,Stephen

• ISBN13: 9781412808378
• ISBN10: 1412808375
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781351301589
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• Copyright: 2008-11-15
• Publisher: Routledge
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Summary

On September 11, 2001, a small number of desperate men hoping to earn paradise attacked New York and Washington, D.C. Their spectacular acts of destruction concluded America's nearly decade-long vacation from insecurity, known as the "post-Cold War era." As eras go, this one was short and it certainly ended with a bang, not a whimper. The United States, still sole superpower, was now challenged by a bleak new world. Americans do not care for the bleak and do not tolerate it for long. Predictably, national shock soon became righteous anger, coupled to international campaigns against groups and states held responsible for the scourge of terrorism. These were short-term measures that hurt our enemies but did not "fix" the problem.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
American Strategy	p. 3
The New Protracted Conflict, Feb. 2002	p. 3
Bleak New World, 9/13/2001	p. 4
Cold War II, 10/4/2001	p. 7
September 11: Before and After, October 2001	p. 12
The Promise and Peril of Our Times, 11/25/2003	p. 19
America After 9/11, 11/09/2004	p. 25
Past the Apogee: America Under Pressure, 11/14/06	p. 31
Homeland Security	p. 39
From MAD (Mutual Assured Destruction) to MUD (Multilateral Unconstrained Disruption): Dealing with the New Terrorism, Feb. 2003	p. 39
September 11, 2003: Why America Is Still Asleep, 9/11/2003	p. 44
Terrorism and the Battle for Homeland Security, 5/21/2004	p. 47
Observations on the 9/11 Commission Report, 8/13/2004	p. 53
The Question of Bioterrorism Preparedness, 3/31/2005	p. 58
Terrorism 2005: Overcoming the Failure of Imagination, 8/16/2005	p. 66
Hurricane Katrina and Terrorism, 9/8/2005	p. 73
The Status of U.S. Counterterrorism and Homeland Security, March 2007	p. 80
Five Years After 9/11: What Needs to be Done? Feb. 2007	p. 87
Security Risk Management and Investment Decisions, Dec. 2006	p. 92
Counterterrorism: The Roles of Federal, State and Local Agencies, Mar. 2007	p. 108
Philadelphia and Pennsylvania: Emergency Preparedness Five Years after 9/11, Mar. 2007	p. 111
Knowing the Enemy	p. 117
Understanding Terror Networks, 11/1/2004	p. 117
Knowing the Enemy, Nov. 2006	p. 122
Breeding New bin Ladens: America's New Western Front, Dec. 2004	p. 129
September 11: Ten Ways To Look at What Happened and What To Expect, 9/17/2001	p. 132
Why We Fear Afghanistan and Why We Shouldn't, 10/12/2001	p. 134
The Problem of "Londonistan": Europe, Human Rights, and Terrorists, 4/12/2002	p. 137
The Futile Search for "Root Causes" of Terrorism, 4/23/2002	p. 140
Europe's Native Terrorism, 10/04/2002	p. 142
London 7/7 and Its Impact, July 2005	p. 145
The Demise of Abu Musab Al Zarqawi, 6/8/2006	p. 152
Londonistan Is Still With Us, 8/2006	p. 154
Counterterrorism and the Integration of Islam in Europe, 7/2006	p. 156
Counterterrorism and the Military Dimension	p. 165
The Coming Transformation of the U.S. Military? 2/4/2002	p. 165
The U.S. Military, the Strategic Quartet, and the Global War on Terrorism, 9/20/2002	p. 172
Global Expeditionary Warfare, 11/21/2003	p. 176
A Balanced Force Structure to Achieve a Liberal World Order 1/20/2006	p. 179
The Future of American Military Strategy: A Conference Report, 2/03/2006	p. 183
Defense Strategy in the Post-Saddam Era, 5/12/2006	p. 193
The New Normalcy, 5/12/2006	p. 199
Recapturing the Essentials of Counterinsurgency, 5/30/2006	p. 203
Succeeding in Phase IV: British Perspectives on the U.S. Effort To Stabilize and Reconstruct Iraq, 9/8/2006	p. 207
Changing Tires on the Fly: The Marines and Postconflict Stability Ops, 9/10/06	p. 216
What Young People Should Know About Terrorism	p. 225
Teaching About the War on Terrorism, Feb. 2002	p. 225
What Our Children Should Learn About 9/11/2001, Sept. 2002	p. 228
What College Students Learn About Terrorism: A Case Study of International Relations Textbooks, Nov. 2002	p. 231
Teaching 9/11 and the War on Terrorism, Mar. 2006	p. 238
Bibliography	p. 249
Biographies	p. 251
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