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Author
Publisher
ReferencePoint Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
This title begins with a brief history of the September 11 attacks and then examines the following questions: How did the Afghan-Soviet War contribute to the rise of Islamist terrorism? How did Middle East politics contribute to the rise of al-Qaeda? How did the attack by a stateless group lead to us wars in Afghanistan and Iraq? How did life in the United States change after the September 11 attacks?
Publisher
Good Deed Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
Two strangers, both folk musicians stranded in California, take a road trip to New York in the days after 9/11. Official Selection at the **Seattle International Film Festival**. *"David Heinz's excellent debut is an ardent plea for togetherness in a divided world. Aided by his leading actors, talented cinematographer, and ear-worm of a soundtrack, Joni and Elliott's journey is a privilege to share." - Chloe Walker, **Film Inquiry***
4) Liberty kid
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Liberty kid captures with compassion and street-smart humor the spirit and pain of America transformed by 9-11. Two young friends struggle to survive after losing their jobs at the Statue of Liberty tourist site due to 9/11. Director Ulya Chaiken "makes us feel for her characters" (NY Post), and evokes simple and memorable human truths about life on society's margins.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Everyone's worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there's a really easy way: Stop participating in it."- Noam Chomsky. Power and terror: Noam Chomsky in our times gives the public a rare opportunity to see and listen to one of the most articulate, committed and hard-working political dissidents of our time, MIT linguist and political philosopher Noam Chomsky. Chomsky has been called "the most important intellectual alive" by the New York Times,...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A harrowing exploration of the rapid rise of American religious fanaticism after 9/11. This film explores an emerging ultra Right Wing mass movement seeking dominion over all aspects of contemporary American society. The film weaves archival video, contemporary Christian Nationalist movement propaganda (recruiting videos, apocalyptic/military videogame imagery, etc.) and original investigative material) to create an intense examination of the totalistic...
Author
Publisher
Greenwood, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
This book showcases primary documents that follow the events of the 9/11 attacks and the subsequent War on Terror. Through such documents as speeches, diplomatic exchanges, military communiques, and government reports issued by opposing sides in the global conflict, valuable insights into the role of diplomacy, military strategy, national security concerns, and ideological propaganda in the global War on Terror and their influences on the 21st-century...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Hijacking Catastrophe places the Bush Administration's original justifications for war in Iraq within the larger context of a two-decade struggle by neo-conservatives to dramatically increase military spending while projecting American power and influence globally by means of force. This update of the critically-acclaimed documentary features the theatrical version of the film, along with ten new post-election interviews with prominent political...
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Describes the planning, development, and construction of the National September 11 Memorial in Manhattan, New York, featuring photographs, providing a detailed history of the World Trade Center and an account of September 11, 2001, and including a comprehensive list of the names of the victims of 9/11 and the location of each name on the memorial.
Author
Publisher
Rosen Publishing Group, Incorporated
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
This book examines the events of September 11, 2001, focusing on the attack on the World Trade Center when two passenger planes were flown into the WTC buildings, killing nearly three thousand people. It explores the events leading up to this horrific attack and the terrorist group responsible, as well as the attack itself and its long-lasting ramifications, including the war into which the United States entered shortly after the attack.
11) Taliban oil
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
This is the unknown story of secret negotiations between the Taliban and America to build a pipeline through Afghanistan. When America invaded Afghanistan in 2001, the stated aim was to dismantle Al-Qaeda, denying it a safe base of operations by removing the Taliban from power. But Al-Qaeda claimed that the attack on the Twin Towers was a response to the Bush administration's threats to attack Afghanistan if its demands for pipeline rights were not...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This compilation features stand-alone interviews with some of the most prominent scholars and activists on the subject of mainstream media's coverage of the "war on terrorism." The format is designed to allow educators to bring the voices of these cultural analysts directly into their classrooms. Featuring interviews with Noam Chomsky, Kevin Danaher, Robert Jensen, Naomi Klein, Manning Marable, and 18 others.
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