September 11 in history : a watershed moment? / edited by Mary L. Dudziak.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dudziak, Mary L., 1956-

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

American encounters/global interactions.

American encounters/global interactions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.

History, Modern--21st century.

History, Modern.

United States--History--21st century.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 p.)

Other Title:

September eleven in history

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Arguing that, despite overheated rhetoric at the time, 9/11 did not "change everything," the contributors place this tragedy in its essential historical context.

Contents:

Introduction / Mary L. Dudziak

Ground zero : enduring war / Marilyn B. Young

Echoes of the Cold War : the aftermath of September 11 at home / Elaine Tyler May

Homeland insecurities : transformations of language and space / Amy Kaplan

9/11 and the Muslim transformation / Khaled Abou El Fadl

Islam(s) East and West : pluralism between no-frills and designer fundamentalism / Sherman A. Jackson

The citizen and the terrorist / Leti Volpp

Civil liberties in the dragon's domain : negotiating the blurred boundary between domestic law and foreign affairs after 9/11 / Christopher L. Eisgruber and Lawrence G. Sager

Transforming international law after the September 11 attacks? Three evolving paradigms for regulating international terrorism / Laurence R. Helfer

Empire's law : foreign relations by presidential fiat / Ruti G. Teitel

Afterword : Remembering September 11 / Mary L. Dudziak.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-222) and index.

ISBN:

1-283-06458-8

9786613064585

0-8223-8493-0

OCLC:

191222360