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Perspectives on 9/11
Yassin El-Ayouty
ISBN: 0-275-97904-0
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-97904-1
368 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 6/30/2004
List Price: $71.95 (UK Sterling Price: £49.95)
Discount Price: $35.98 Sale Price for U.S. Customers Only. Save 50%. Ends 12/31/2009.
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Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, are difficult to refer to in the past tense. The events of that date changed the United States and the entire world to the point that the pre-9/11 period and post-9/11 epoch now have to be understood by completely different parameters. Its editors conceived this book only a few hours after the World Trade Towers had collapsed.

In an age where nothing is definitive this book frames 9/11 in terms of fresh insights and new interpretations that should last beyond its immediate timeframe. Various experts in the fields analyze the issues of terror, strategy, foreign policy, multilateral diplomacy, homeland security, community response, and others. This book is comprised of 18 chapters and divided into five parts dealing with specific issues. Each contributor provides their unique voice to the issues addressed, including two survivors of the tragedy, giving this work a multifaceted focus. The result is this volume spanning the period from the day of the 9/11 earthquake to the subsequent years of secondary tremors ending with the Iraq War. The insight and passion forged in this work makes it invaluable to anyone living in the post 9/11 world.
Table of Contents:
  • Dedication
    Foreword and Acknowledgments
    Prologue
    Preface
    Catastrophe and Survival
    A Terrorist Attack: Response and Reflection by Thereasa C. Tobin
    Surviving 9/11 by Jaimie Atkinson
    How the Fire Department Coped by Thomas Von Essen
    Law and Security
    The Evolution of International Criminal Law by Elizabeth F. Defeis
    The U.S. Right to Use Force in Response to the Attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center by Malvina Halberstam
    Reconciling the War on Terrorism with the U.S. Constitution by Jeffrey C. Dannenberg
    Civil Liberties in War Time by John P. Doherty
    Foreign Policy, Ideology, and Ethics
    Law and Justice in Response to 9/11 by Stanley N. Futtermann
    Basic Tenets of the Anti-U.S. Ideology on the Arab and Muslim Street by Yassin El-Ayouty
    Interfaith Imperatives Post 9/11 Sovereign Value of the Golden Rule by Jonathan Glenn Granoff
    Mass Destruction and Technology
    Preventing Bioterrorism: Nature of the Threat and Policy Options by Berhanykum Andemicael
    How to Control Weapons of Mass Destruction by Valere Mantels
    Constructing Barriers to Proliferation and the Illicit Trade in Weapons by Michael F. Cassandra
    Dealing with the Tragedy Communally and Globally
    United Nations Responses to Terrorism After 9/11 by Randy Rydell
    The Judiciary in National Emergencies by Frederic Block
    Legal Measures against Financing Terrorism by Oscar Schachter
    Epilogue: Philosophical, Multicultural, and Spiritual Perspectives
    Philosophical Perspectives: An Afterword on the Aftermath by Gerald J. Galgan
    Multicultural Perspectives--September 11 and Culture: A Brief Reflection by Francis J. Greene
    Spiritual Perspectives: Death be Vanquished by Edward Wesley
About the Author: YASSIN EL-AYOUTY is a retired United Nations Principal Officer. He is now Adjunct Professor for the Benjamin N. Cordozo School of Law and Saint Francis College.
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