| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xii, 320 pages : illustrations (mostly color), charts, color maps ; 26 cm. |
| Series |
Defining documents in American history |
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Defining documents in American history (Salem Press)
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| Note |
Salem Press. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Publisher's Note -- Editor's Introduction -- Contributors -- Historic Background -- The Saud Family and Wahhabi Islam -- The D'Arcy Oil Concession -- Hussein-McMahon Correspondence -- Sykes-Picot Agreement -- Balfour Declaration -- Charter of the Arab League -- CIA Summary of the Overthrow of Premier Mossadeq of Iran -- Baghdad Pact -- Gamal Abdel Nasser on the Nationalization of the Suez Canal -- The Eisenhower Doctrine -- Sayyid Qutb on Jihad -- Muhammad Qutb on the Origins of Islam -- Ayatollah Khomeini on "The Great Satan" -- Growing Conflict & 9/11 -- Documents Relating to the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan -- Memos Concerning a Meeting between Donald Rumsfeld and Saddam Hussein -- President George H.W. Bush on the Cessation of the Persian Gulf War -- The 1993 World Trade Center Bombing: Report and Analysis -- From the "Clash of Civilizations" -- Osama bin Laden's Declaration of Jihad Against the Americans -- News Account of the USS Cole Bombing -- Memo on the Urgent Need to Address the al-Qaeda Threat -- Destruction of the Buddhist Statues at Bamiyan -- President George W. Bush's Statement to the Nation on 9/11 -- Osama bin Laden's Video Statement -- Excerpts from Knights under the Prophet's Banner -- On Counterterrorism and U.S. Foreign Policy -- Public Statement on the Release of the 9/11 Commission Report -- War-Its Justifications and Problems -- NATO Press Conference with Donald Rumsfeld -- Colin Powell on Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction -- Hans Blix on U.N. Weapons Inspection Efforts in Iraq -- George W. Bush's Address to the Nation on Military Operations in Iraq -- From The Crisis of Islam -- "Mission to Niger" and the Valerie Plame Affair. |
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Intelligence Report on Iraq's Programs for Weapons of Mass Destruction -- From the Fay Report on the Abu Ghraib Prisoner Abuse Scandal -- Declaration of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi at the Execution of Nicholas Berg -- The Post-9/11 World -- Manning-Lamo Chat Logs -- President Obama's Remarks on the Killing of Osama bin Laden -- Snowden E-mail -- U.N. Report on the Alleged Use of Chemical Weapons in the Ghouta Area of Damascus on 21 August 2013 -- Islamic State-Proclamation of the Caliphate -- Remarks by Abdullah II of Jordan before the U.N. General Assembly -- Hassan Rouhani's Address before the U.N. General Assembly -- Benjamin Netanyahu: Speech before the U.N. General Assembly -- Donald Trump's Call for a "Muslim Ban" -- Appendixes -- Time Line of 9/11 -- Web Resources -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Summary |
Offers in-depth analysis of forty-five documents related to one of the most devastating attacks on U.S. soil since the bombing of Pearl Harbor. |
| Audience |
10-A. |
| Subject |
Terrorism -- United States -- Sources.
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September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 -- Sources.
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Jihad -- Sources.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Islamic countries -- Sources.
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| Added Author |
Shally-Jensen, Michael, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781682179215 |
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1682179214 |
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