Perspectives on 9/11

by Yassin El-Ayouty

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275979041
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	06/30/2004
Series:	Praeger Security International
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	6.45(w) x 9.55(h) x 1.40(d)

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.

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