The impact of 9 11 on politics and war: the day that changed everything?

✍ Scribed by Matthew J. Morgan

• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 283
• Series: The Day That Changed Everything?
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The Impact of 9/11 on Politics and War is the first volume of the six-volume series The Day that Changed Everything? edited by Matthew J. Morgan.  The series brings together from a broad spectrum of disciplines the leading thinkers of our time to reflect on one of the most significant events of our time.  With a foreword by former DCI R. James Woolsey, the volume's contributors include former Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Ambassador Marc Grossman, former Afghan Minister of Interior Ali Jalali, and leading scholars Rohan Gunaratna, Bruno Frey, Jerrold Post, Stephen Cimbala, and others.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
Foreword......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 14
About the Contributors......Page 16
Introduction......Page 20
1 The Long-Term Political and Economic Consequences of 9/11......Page 26
Part I: The Impact on Organizations and Institutions......Page 36
2 Challenges to Diplomacy and the U.S. State Department......Page 38
3 Reorganizing the U.S. Intelligence Community......Page 50
4 Building and Maintaining a Post-9/11 All-Volunteer Military Force......Page 62
5 FEMA in Shambles: 9/11 and the Nation’s Capacity to Deal with Catastrophic Disasters......Page 80
6 Urban Planning in New York City after 9/11......Page 94
7 What Has al Qaeda Been Doing Lately? The Tribal Areas of Pakistan and Beyond......Page 106
8 Al Qaeda and the Global Salafi Jihad......Page 130
Part II: The Impact on War, Peace, and Security......Page 148
9 Countering Terrorism: Beyond Deterrence......Page 150
10 Worse than Terror? Nuclear Misdirection after 9/11......Page 160
11 The 9/11 Attacks and U.S. Grand Strategy: The Peril or Prudence of the Bush Doctrine......Page 174
12 Grand Strategy Transformed: 9/11 and the Birth of Crusading Realism......Page 186
13 Three Blocks, Two Towers, One Trend: Civil-Military Cooperation Before and After 9/11......Page 196
14 More Catalyst than Cause......Page 208
15 Imprisoning Politics: The Logic of Security and the Undermining of Democracy......Page 216
Part III: Regional Impacts......Page 228
16 America and Europe after 9/11: The Great Divide......Page 230
17 The Impact of 9/11 on U.S. Relations in Asia......Page 240
18 The New Strategic Importance of Africa......Page 250
Part IV: The Future after 9/11......Page 264
19 World Futures: The West, Islam, and Terrorism Futures after 9/11......Page 266
C......Page 280
K......Page 281
S......Page 282
W......Page 283