| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 349 pages) : maps |
| Contents |
Overview: the rise of Osama bin Laden and global terrorism -- The 9/11 attacks -- Operation Enduring Freedom and the invasion of Afghanistan -- Civil liberties and the war on terror -- Operation Iraqi Freedom -- The global war on terror -- The insurgency in Iraq -- The insurgency in Afghanistan -- U.S. politics, the war on terror, and Iraq -- The Obama presidency and the war on terror -- Chronology -- Biographies. Ayad Allawi ; Osama bin Laden ; Tony Blair ; George W. Bush ; Richard B. "Dick" Cheney ; Jacques Chirac ; Hillary R. Clinton ; Muammar Gaddafi ; Robert M. Gates ; Rudolph W.L. "Rudy" Giuliani ; John Dennis Hastert ; Gulbuddin Hekmatyar ; Saddam Hussein ; Hamid Karzai ; John F. Kerry ; Nouri al-Maliki ; John S. McCain ; Addison Mitchell "Mitch" McConnell ; Khalid Sheikh Mohammad ; Pervez Musharraf ; Barack H. Obama ; Daniel Pearl ; Nancy Pelosi ; Colin Powell ; Condoleezza Rice ; Thomas J. Ridge ; Donald H. Rumsfeld ; Gerhard F. Schröder ; George J. Tenet ; Paul D. Wolfowitz ; Abu Musab al Zarqawi -- Primary documents. The invasion of Kuwait and UN Security Council Resolutions 660 and 678 (1990) ; President Clinton's speech on Iraq and WMD inspections (1998) ; Regime in Iraq as U.S. Policy: The Iraq Liberation Act (1998) ; Osama bin Laden's fatwa urging jihad against the United States (1998) ; The 9/11 Commission report, "Counterterrorism evolves" (2004) ; George W. Bush, Address to the nation, September 20, 2001 (2001) ; UN Security Council Resolution 1373 (2001) ; The USA Patriot Act (2001) ; George W. Bush, state of the union address, January 29, 2002 (2002) ; Preemption and the national security strategy of the United States (2002) ; The Congressional authorization to use force against Iraq (2002) ; UN Security Council Resolution 1441: Iraq and WMDs (2002) ; Hans Blix's report on Iraqi compliance with UN Security Council Resolution 1441 (2002) ; Tony Blair's Iraq War speech (2003) ; Bush's ultimatum to Saddam (2003) ; The Iraq Survey Group's interim report on Iraq's WMD programs (2004) ; Declaration by NATO and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2006) ; The Iraq Study Group reports on the rise in violence in Iraq (2006) ; Obama's Cairo speech and U.S.-Muslim relations (2009) ; Obama: the way forward in Afghanistan (2009) ; Obama's national security strategy (2010) |
| Summary |
"This book analyzes the complex causes and effects of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks both domestically and internationally, and examines the subsequent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq."--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-328) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
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Terrorism -- United States.
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Afghan War, 2001-2021.
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Iraq War, 2003-2011.
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HISTORY -- United States -- 21st century.
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Diplomatic relations
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Terrorism
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Afghanistankrieg 2001-2021
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Elfter September
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Golfkrieg 2003
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Foreign relations -- 2001-2009.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001000115
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Iraq
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
dissertations.
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Academic theses
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Academic theses.
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Thèses et écrits académiques.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2011022896 |
| ISBN |
9781598844207 |
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1598844202 |
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9786613364760 |
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6613364762 |
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9781283364768 |
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128336476X |
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