September 11

Paper Summary:

This paper discusses how, because of the magnitude of the 9/11 attacks, the American people demanded immediate answers to reasons how and why the attacks occurred. This paper explains some of the theories behind the build-up to the attacks and examines American society pre- and post-9/11.
Introduction
The American Super Power
The Greatest Generation
Natural and Technological Barriers
A Belief in Intelligence
A Country that Didn't Believe it Could be Beaten
Vietnam
Defeating the Soviet Empire
The Arab Threat
America Was Not ABLE to 'Connect the Dots'
America as a Concept
Hating America
The Sanctity of Life
Religious but Secular
Western Hatred
Education: Hating America
Embracing Death
US Complicity in the Attacks
Three Important Signals
Barriers to Cooperation
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"With the destruction of the Twin Towers, the United States of America saw the end of an era and a commencement of sorts. The previous era had constructed a fortress in the belief system of the American people and indeed much of the world that the great oceans providing protection on either shore of the United States had comparable defenses in the collective mind of the world. America had become the master of all it had surveyed and stood unequalled in the world in influence and might and yet, the image that the nation had created of itself was not a true reflection of the country's ability. Thus, with the dramatic events of fire and death, a new period of American behavior was introduced to the world. And with the ushering in of this new period it became possible to understand how the plans, hatred and eventual attacks went undetected."

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