Articles on the reasons for the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in September 2001.
General Note
Includes index.
Content Note
Enemies of freedom committed an act of war against America / George W. Bush -- The attacks were God's punishment for America's actions against Islam / Osama bin Laden -- Osama bin Laden wants to drive the West from the Islamic world / James S. Robbins -- The attacks were part of militant Islam's war against America / Daniel Pipes -- The terrorist attacks were not the result of U.S. actions / Peter Beinart -- U.S. policies in Islamic lands are a root cause of the terrorist attacks / Faisal Bodi -- The terrorists were waging a war the United States began / Samuel Francis -- "Blowback" from U.S. foreign policy is partially to blame for the attacks / Chalmers Johnson -- The financial backing of terrorist groups must be targeted / Jim Hoagland -- The United States should seek alternatives to military action / Joyce Neu -- The terrorist attacks should be treated as acts of war / Gary Dempsey -- The terrorist attacks should be treated as international crimes / David Held -- Bombing Afghanistan is the wrong response to the terrorist attacks / Matthew Rothschild -- Bombing Afghanistan was a necessary step in the war against terrorism / Michael Kelly -- The attacks revealed America's lack of preparedness against terrorism / Franklin Foer -- The terrorist attacks clarified the meaning of good and evil / William J. Bennett -- Evil is too simplistic an explanation for the terrorist attacks / Joel Bleifuss -- The world must respond to the attack on New York City / Rudolph W. Giuliani -- The attacks revealed the importance of the public sector / Jeff Faux -- The attacks marked the end of the post-cold war era / Robert D. Kaplan.