September 11, 2001: Origins, Consequences and Assessment

Students will study the September 11, 2001, terrorist plane strikes on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon. These attacks were the most damaging armed actions against the United States since the Civil War, killing more Americans than the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The course will explore how the terrorist attacks occurred and why the U.S. intelligence community and policymakers failed to prevent them; American reactions at home and abroad; the effect on American government and politics, and the aftermath of the attacks and American reactions in the Middle East, and the world. May not receive credit for PWAD 50 &470.