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9/11 and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq : a chronology and reference guide / Tom Lansford.
LIBRA HV6432.7 .L375 2012
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lansford, Tom.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
- Terrorism--United States.
- Terrorism.
- United States.
- Afghan War, 2001-2021.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011.
- United States--Foreign relations--2001-2009.
- International relations.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 349 pages : maps ; 27 cm
- Other Title:
- Nine-Eleven and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, [2012]
- Summary:
- "This book analyzes the complex causes and effects of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks both domestically and internationally, and examines the subsequent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq."--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 1 Overview: The Rise of Osama bin Laden and Global Terrorism 1
- 2 The 9/11 Attacks 19
- 3 Operation Enduring Freedom and the Invasion of Afghanistan 41
- 4 Civil Liberties and the War on Terror 61
- 5 Operation Iraqi Freedom 81
- 6 The Global War on Terror 101
- 7 The Insurgency in Iraq 121
- 8 The Insurgency in Afghanistan 139
- 9 U.S. Politics, the War on Terror, and Iraq 157
- 10 The Obama Presidency and the War on Terror 177
- Chronology 197
- Biographies 233
- Ayad Allawi 233
- Osama bin Laden 234
- Tony Blair 235
- George W. Bush 235
- Richard B. "Dick" Cheney 238
- Jacques Chirac 240
- Hillary R. Clinton 241
- Muammar Gaddafi 242
- Robert M. Gates 244
- Rudolph W. L. "Rudy" Giuliani 244
- John Dennis Hastert 245
- Gulbuddin Hekmatyar 246
- Saddam Hussein 247
- Hamid Karzai 249
- John F. Kerry 250
- Nouri al-Maliki 252
- John S. McCain 253
- Addison Mitchell "Mitch" McConnell 255
- Khalid Sheikh Mohammad 256
- Pervez Musharraf 257
- Barack H. Obama 258
- Daniel Pearl 259
- Nancy Pelosi 259
- Colin Powell 260
- Condoleezza Rice 261
- Thomas J. Ridge 261
- Donald H. Rumsfeld 262
- Gerhard F. Schröder 263
- George J. Tenet 263
- Paul D. Wolfowitz 264
- Abu Musab al Zarqawi 265
- Primary Documents 267
- 1 The Invasion of Kuwait and UN Security Council Resolutions 660 and 678 (1990) 267
- 2 President Clinton's Speech on Iraq and WMD Inspections (1998) 268
- 3 Regime in Iraq as U.S. Policy: The Iraq Liberation Act (1998) 269
- 4 Osama bin Laden's Fatwa Urging Jihad against the United States (1998) 272
- 5 The 9/11 Commission Report, "Counterterrorism Evolves" (2004) 273
- 6 George W. Bush, Address to the Nation, September 20, 2001 (2001) 275
- 7 UN Security Council Resolution 1373 (2001) 277
- 8 The USA PATRIOT ACT (2001) 280
- 9 George W. Bush, State of the Union Address, January 29, 2002 (2002) 281
- 10 Preemption and the National Security Strategy of the United States (2002) 283
- 11 The Congressional Authorization to Use Force against Iraq (2002) 286
- 12 UN Security Council Resolution 1441: Iraq and WMDs (2002) 288
- 13 Hans Blix's Report on Iraqi Compliance with UN Security Council Resolution 1441 (2002) 289
- 14 Tony Blair's Iraq War Speech (2003) 294
- 15 Bush's Ultimatum to Saddam (2003) 295
- 16 The Iraq Survey Group's Interim Report on Iraq's WMD Programs (2004) 297
- 17 Declaration by NATO and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2006) 299
- 18 The Iraq Study Group Reports on the Rise in Violence in Iraq (2006) 301
- 19 Obama's Cairo Speech and U.S.-Muslim Relations (2009) 303
- 20 Obama: The Way Forward in Afghanistan (2009) 305
- 21 Obama's National Security Strategy (2010) 308.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781598844191
- 1598844199
- 9781598844207
- 1598844202
- OCLC:
- 712115042
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