11-Sep: The Essential Reference Guide

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"An excellent resource for college and university collections." -Booklist

This important reference work is essential reading for students attempting to understand the horrific events of September 11, 2001, and the impact the devastating terrorist attack had on the United States.

The World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks of September 11, 2001, continue to have
a major impact on the United States. The deadliest day in modern U.S. history reverberates in numerous ways, as its influence is felt in such areas as civil liberties, foreign policy, immigration, and presidential powers. This essential guide features illuminating essays written by top scholars that discuss in detail the impact of 9/11 in these critical areas, as well as how it has changed the lives of Muslim Americans in the 21st century.

The core of this reference work are the 74 A–Z entries on all of the key groups, individuals, and events surrounding the 9/11 terrorist attacks, including the first responders, the heroes of United Airlines Flight 93, the Osama bin Laden raid, and the 9/11 Commission Report. In addition, the book offers a carefully curated group of primary source documents essential to understanding the 9/11 attacks. This resource concludes with a detailed chronology and an annotated bibliography.
"An excellent resource for college and university collections." -Booklist This important reference work is essential reading for students attempting to understand the horrific events of September 11, 2001, and the impact the devastating terrorist attack had on the United States. The World Trade...

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Stephen E. Atkins is Associate University Librarian for Collection Management at Texas A&M University, USA. His numerous published works include Encyclopedia of Modern American Extremists and Extremist Groups (2002), Historical Encyclopedia of Atomic Energy (Greenwood, 2000), which was awarded a Booklist Editors' Choice Award.
Stephen E. Atkins is Associate University Librarian for Collection Management at Texas A&M University, USA. His numerous published works include Encyclopedia of Modern American Extremists and Extremist Groups (2002), Historical Encyclopedia of Atomic Energy (Greenwood, 2000), which was awarded a ...

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