Perspectives on 9/11

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Introduction xi
• Prologue xiii
• Preface xv
• Part One - Catastrophe and Survival 1
• 1 - A Terrorist Attack: Response and Reflection 3
• 2 - Surviving 9/11 17
• 3 - How the Fire Department Coped 25
• Part Two - Law and Society 37
• 4 - The Evolution of International Criminal Law 39
• 5 - The U.S. Right to Use Force in Response to the Attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center 51
• 6 - Reconciling the War on Terrorism with the U.S. Constitution 65
• 7 - Civil Liberties in Wartime 85
• Part Three - Foreign Policy, Ideology, and Ethics 97
• 8 - Law and Justice in the Response to 9/11 99

• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Introduction xi
• Prologue xiii
• Preface xv
• Part One - Catastrophe and Survival 1
• 1 - A Terrorist Attack: Response and Reflection 3
• 2 - Surviving 9/11 17
• 3 - How the Fire Department Coped 25
• Part Two - Law and Society 37
• 4 - The Evolution of International Criminal Law 39
• 5 - The U.S. Right to Use Force in Response to the Attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center 51
• 6 - Reconciling the War on Terrorism with the U.S. Constitution 65
• 7 - Civil Liberties in Wartime 85
• Part Three - Foreign Policy, Ideology, and Ethics 97
• 8 - Law and Justice in the Response to 9/11 99
• 9 - Basic Tenets of the Anti-U.S. Ideology on the Arab and Muslim Street 117
• 10 - Interfaith Imperatives Post 9/11: Sovereign Value of the Golden Rule 151
• Part Four - Mass Destruction and Technology 165
• 11 - Preventing Bioterrorism: Nature of the Threat and Policy Options 167
• 12 185
• 13 - Constructing Barriers to Proliferation and the Illicit Trade in Weapons 197
• Part Five - Dealing with the Tragedy Communally and Globally 213
• 14 - United Nations Responses to Terrorism After 9/11 215
• 15 - The Judiciary in National Emergencies 245
• 16 - Legal Measures Against Financing Terrorism 287
• Epilogue - Philosophical, Multicultural, and Spiritual Perspectives 305
• Epilogue A - An Afterword on the Aftermath 307
• Epilogue B - September 11 and Culture: a Brief Reflection 311
• Epilogue C - Death Be Vanquished 317
• Index 319