Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-217) and index.
Contents:
A Pentagon search-and-rescue worker connects with a victim's family / Rick Newman -- Chronology. The evolution of the terrorist plot / Peter Finn -- New York : a changed city / Jim Dwyer, Susan Sachs -- A French journalist claims that we are all Americans / Jean-Marie Colombani -- A Muslim leader calls for restraint / El Hassan bin Talal -- U.S. President addresses the people after 9/11 / George W. Bush -- The painful process of dealing with the dead / Richard Bernstein and the staff of the New York Times-- The controversies surrounding 9/11. U.S. intelligence failures made the United States vulnerable on 9/11 / Amy B. Zegart -- U.S. cultural excess and foreign policy breed discontent among would-be terrorists / Riad Z. Abdelkarim -- Globalization did not lead to the attacks of 9/11 / Brink Lindsey -- Although anti-terrorism strategies have made the United States safer, vigilance is necessary / Melvin A. Goodman -- Anti-terrorism laws created in response to 9/11 compromise civil liberties worldwide / Erika Waak -- Racial profiling is necessary in the wake of 9/11 / Peter H. Schuck -- Racial profiling is not necessary in the wake of 9/11 / American Civil Liberties Union -- The air in New York was not safe to breathe after the attacks / Andrew Stephen -- Answering the 9/11 conspiracy theorists / Dominik Cziesche ... [et al.] -- Personal narratives of 9/11. The final preparations of a 9/11 terrorist / Mohamed Atta -- In the eye of the storm : a New York journalist's story / John Bussey -- A New York City firefighter describes a day of horror, pain, and loss / Robert Reeg -- A rookie police officer's courage and compassion / Nancy Ramos-Williams -- A Pentagon search-and-rescue worker connects with a victim's family / Rick Newman -- Chronology.
Summary:
Presents high school students with multiple points of view on the Terrorist Attack of September 11, 2001, with an emphasis on non-U.S. perspectives, offering basic historical information about this significant event, examining the controversies surrounding it and providing first-person narratives from people who lived through or were impacted by the attack.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.