war on terrorism, 2001-2009

The Current Controversies series examines today's most important social and political issues. Each volume presents a diverse selection of primary sources representing all sides of the debate in question.

Bob Woodward, a reporter and editor for the "Washington Post," draws on internal memos, classified documents, meeting notes, and interviews to examine President Obama's decisions on the Afghanistan War, the campaign in Pakistan, and the War on Terror.

Human rights lawyer Michael Ratner and political journalist Ellen Ray offer an inside look at Guantanamo Bay Naval Station and the creation of a network of United States detention camps around the world.

Examines the Bush administration's justification for the war in Iraq and policies that silence dissenting voices and maintains that muting those opinions of the war contributes to the erosion of democracy.

Glenn Carle, a CIA spy, provides an account of his experiences after being assigned to interrogate a senior al-Qaida detainee at one of the agency's black sites overseas in the ongoing War on Terror, and tells of his growing doubts about the operation and questions about the limits of his duty to his country.

Presents nine essays by scholars of history, Islam, literature, and law on the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on America, examining whether the attacks indeed "changed everything," as was claimed afterward, or whether they and the U.S. government's reaction to them followed history's footsteps.

Shows how the U.S. strengthened and changed security in American ports and at sea after the September 11, 2001, attacks, describing maritime security history, the implementation of changes, funding, training, and the duties of security team members. Includes a chronology, bibliography, and further reading list.

Ambitions in scope, American Heroes details the earliest terrorism faced by the United States in the 1800s at the hands of the Barbary Pirates, the major terrorist group developments of the 1970s and 80s, and, most vividly, the post-9/11 Iraq War era. Most inspiringly, North's up-close field notes highlight the core values of today's American soldier in relation to the fight at hand.

A collection of writings in which Muslim women writers, poets, and visual artists attempt to redefine the stereotypical depictions of Muslim women in Western discourse.