The Long Shadow of 9/11: America's Response to Terrorism

by Brian Michael Jenkins (Editor), John Godges (Editor)

Overview

This book provides an array of answers to the question, In the ten years since the 9/11 attacks, how has America responded? In a series of essays, RAND authors lend a farsighted perspective to the national dialogue on 9/11's legacy; assess the military, political, fiscal, social, cultural, psychological, and moral implications of U.S. policymaking since 9/11; and suggest options for effectively dealing with the terrorist threat in the future.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780833058331
Publisher:	RAND Corporation
Publication date:	08/16/2011
Pages:	218
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

John Paul Godges is editor-in-chief of "RAND Review", the flagship magazine of the RAND Corporation. He is the author of "Oh, Beautiful: An American Family in the 20th Century."

Brian Michael Jenkins, senior adviser to the president of the RAND Corporation, initiated RAND's research on terrorism in 1972. He is the author of "Unconquerable Nation: Knowing Our Enemy, Strengthening Ourselves" and "Will Terrorists Go Nuclear?"

Editorial Reviews

"The attacks on 9/11 set in motion a great array of changes in America.

These essays capture this upheaval, but better still they do something RAND is so well positioned to do: They provide expert assessments of where our responses are strong, where they have fallen short, and how we need to change yet more."—Honorable Richard J. Danzig, former U.S. Secretary of the Navy and chairman of the Center for a New American Security

"This book helpfully outlines the central reality‹that America is engaged in what has already been, and promises to continue being, a long war. It emphasizes that despite the killing of 'sama Bin Laden and the advent of the ŒArab Spring,¹ America will continue to need an effective counterterrorist strategy. The papers also provide a good outline of the progress America has made in a number of vital areas, particularly intelligence and military capabilities, in the past decade." —Ambassador L. Paul Bremer III, chairman of the National Commission on Terrorism and head of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq in 2003 and 2004

"This book will make a significant contribution to our understanding of the past ten years and inform decisions about where we should go from here. It's a much-needed call to mark this anniversary by reassessing those things we now accept as common wisdom. The perspectives and insights in these essays are inadequately reflected in the current discussion and debate." —Suzanne E. Spaulding, executive director of both the National Commission on Terrorism and the Commission to Assess the Organization of the Federal Government to Combat the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction

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