September 11 in History - A Watershed Moment?

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

List of contents

Introduction / Mary L. Dudziak 1

Ground Zero: Enduring War / Marilyn B. Young 10

Echoes of the Cold War: The Aftermath of September 11 at Home / Elaine Tyler May 35

Homeland Insecurities: Transformations of Language and Space / Amy Kaplan 55

9/11 and the Muslim Transformation / Khaled Abou El Fadl 70

Islam(s) East and West: Pluralism between No-Frills and Designer Fundamentalism / Sherman A. Jackson 112

The Citizen and the Terrorist / Leti Volpp 147

Civil Liberties in the Dragons' Domain: Negotiating the Blurred Boundary between Domestic Law and Foreign Affairs after 9/11 / Christopher L. Eisgruber and Lawrence G. Sager 163

Transforming International Law after the September 11 Attacks? Three Evolving Paradigms for Regulating International Terrorism / Laurence R. Helfer 180

Empire's Law: Foreign Relations by Presidential Fiat / Ruti G. Teitel 194

Afterword: Remembering September 11 / Mary L. Dudziak 212

For Further Reading 217

Contributors 223

Acknowledgments 225

Index 227

About the author

Mary L. Dudziak is Judge Edward J. and Ruey L. Guirado Professor of Law and History at the University of Southern California Law School. She is the author of Cold War Civil Rights: Race and the Image of American Democracy.

Summary

Within hours after the collapse of the Twin Towers, the idea that the September 11 attacks had "changed everything" permeated American popular and political discussion. Bringing together leading scholars of history, law, literature, and Islam, this book asks whether the attacks and their aftermath truly marked a transition in US.

Product details

• Authors: Dudziak
• Assisted by: Mary L Dudziak (Editor), Mary L. Dudziak (Editor), Mary L. Dudziak (Editor)
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.10.2003
• EAN: 9780822332299
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-3229-9
• No. of pages: 254
• Weight: 513 g
• Illustrations: 20 photos (8 in color)
• Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions; American Encounters/Global Int; American Encounters/Global Interactions; American Encounters/Global Int
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; 21. Jahrhundert (2000 bis 2100 n. Chr.), Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Amerikanische Geschichte, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), HISTORY / United States / 21st Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, History - U.S.