The age of terror : America and the world after September 11 / edited by Strobe Talbott and Nayan Chanda.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Talbott, Strobe.

Chanda, Nayan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.

Terrorism--United States.

Terrorism.

United States.

World politics--1995-2005.

World politics.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 232 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Basic Books : Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, [2001]

Summary:

Basic Books and the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization join forces in the intellectual attack on terrorism. In the co-published "The Age of Terror, " eight experts explore ways in which terrorism can be contained in the near term and ultimately defeated. The book presents a rich range of views and insights in an effort to answer many of the questions which have come about as a result of the terrorist attacks on America.

Contents:

And now this : lessons from the old era for the new one / John Lewis Gaddis

Empowered through violence : the reinventing of Islamic extremism / Abbas Amanat

Maintaining American power : from injury to recovery / Paul Kennedy

A Herculean task : the myth and reality of Arab terrorism / Charles Hill

Clashing civilizations or mad mullahs : the United States between informal and formal empire / Niall Ferguson

Preserving American values : the challenge at home and abroad / Harold Hongju Koh

Rethinking the unthinkable : new priorities for new national security / Paul Bracken

The challenge to science : how to mobilize American ingenuity / Maxine Singer.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0465083560

OCLC:

48557566