"September 11, 2001"

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This paper explains that, on September 11, 2001, the United States found out that it was vulnerable to massive terrorist attacks from outside its borders, which raised awareness about the dangers of terrorism unlike previous incidents, performed against the United States from outside our country's borders. The author points out that to understand this situation people must study how terrorism emerged as a viable option for those who use it and why the U.S. was not adequately aware of the risk. The paper stresses that people must understand that terrorism works--the colonialists used terrorism against the British during the Revolutionary War, Israel used it in 1947 and terrorism drove U.S.S.R. out of Afghanistan; therefore, America will have to think like terrorists rather than in the ways that have worked in more traditional wars if the U.S. seeks to avoid future attacks.

From the Paper:

"This was not the first time we were caught by surprise when we might have noted what was coming. Many people have drawn parallels to Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 as having similar characteristics. In both cases, we had warning signs that were misinterpreted or dismissed, and in both cases, an organized group managed to inflict terrible damage with no warning. In both cases we can point to failures of intelligence, with the understanding that it is clearly easier to see these signs after an attack than before it happens."

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