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Web Sites | Books | Periodicals and Newspapers | Music and Video The morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001, began innocently enough in New York City. The sky was sunny and millions of people in the metropolitan area were starting to work in the office towers of mid- and lower Manhattan. Fifty thousand of them were employed in the seven buildings that comprised the World Trade Center, a city within a city in the Financial District.
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Country Study Another annotated subject directory for high school and college students from Academic Info. Alert: USA Patriot Act Information about the USA Patriot Act was prepared by the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom and reviewed by legal counsel. Alternative Resources on the U.S. "War Against Terrorism" Many loyal Americans have taken issue with Administration policy. The following links offer alternative perspectives. America's War Against Terrorism Extensive collection of links pertaining the Sept. 11 attack and previous terrorist attacks. Avalon Project Links to digital documents (official statements, speeches, etc.) relevant to the Sept. 11 attack. Center for Democracy and Technology More information on the USA Patriot Act. FBI FBI Tip Line: 866-483-5137, to report terrorist information. Federation
of American Scientists FirstGov Information on federal agencies, how to protect yourself, help your country, and learn about victims benefits and assistance from the official website for searching the U.S. government. Do a search on the word "terrorism" for the latest government information. Helping children cope with trauma From the American Counseling Association. Islam The resources provided on this and related pages from the Hartford Seminary are designed to support the deepening of relations between Christians, Muslims and Jews. National Academies Reports on Terrorism and Security A collection of recent publications about the science and policy issues surrounding terrorism and security. National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Information on how to manage the traumatic stress of terrorism. New York Times Special Report on The Attack on America All the reportage produced by The New York Times newspaper since the attack. Includes video and photo slideshows. The Office of Homeland Security is coordinating national strategy to strengthen protections against terrorist threats or attacks on the United States. RAND National Security Research and Analysis RAND conducts a broad array of research on issues concerning national security for divisions of the U.S. defense and for key allied governments. Resources for Children and Their Parents and Educators These materials were compiled by the American Library Association to aid parents, teachers and caregivers who wish to discuss with children and teens the terrorist attacks. Saint Louis University School of Public Health: Center for the Study of Bioterrorism & Emerging Infections Discusses what we need to know in order to prepare ourselves for bioterrorism. Terrorism and Attacks on the United States from Vanderbilt University Terrorism Research Center Information for the public about the phenomena of terrorism and information warfare. The Terrorist Attack An annotated subject directory for high school and college students from Academic Info. Here, you will find up to date information on September 11 five years after. U.S. Department of State: International Information Programs Information on current issues such as how to respond to terrorism and the focus on Afghanistan 9-11 Emergency Relief. Gainesville, FL: Alternative Comics, 2002. HV6432 .N45 2002 Adams, James. The Financing of Terror: Behind the PLO, IRA, Red Brigades, and M-19 Stand the Paymasters: How the Groups that are Terrorizing the World Get the Money to Do It. New York: Simon and Schuster, c1986. HV6431 .A33 Alexander, Yonah. Usama bin Laden’s al-Qaida: Profile of a Terrorist Network. Ardsley, NY: Transnational Publishers, 2001. HV6431 .A43 2001 Bergen, Peter L. Holy War, Inc.: Inside the Secret World of Osama bin Laden. New York: Free Press, 2001. HV6430.B55 B47 2001 Bodansky, Yossef. Bin Laden: The Man Who Declared War on America. Rocklin, CA: Forum, 1999. HV6430.B55 B63 1999 Coulson, Danny O. No Heroes: Inside the FBI's Secret Counter-Terror Force. New York: Pocket Books, c1999. HV8144.F43 C68 1999 Dobson, Christopher. The Never-Ending War: Terrorism in the 80s. New York: Facts on File, c1987. HV6431 .D615 Dwyer, Jim, et al. Two Seconds under the World: Terror Comes to America: The Conspiracy behind the World Trade Center Bombing. New York: Crown Publishers, c1994. HV6432 .T88 Emerson, Steven. American Jihad: The Terrorists Living Among Us. New York: Free Press, 2002. HV6432 .E447 2002 Follain, John. Jackal: The Complete Story of the Legendary Terrorist, Carlos the Jackal. New York: Arcade Pub.; [Boston]: Distributed by Little, Brown and Co., c1998. HV6431 .F64 1998 Grosscup, Beau. The Newest Explosions of Terrorism: Latest Sites of Terrorism in the 1990s and Beyond. Far Hills, N.J.: New Horizon Press, c1998. HV6431 .G81 1998 Gurr, Nadine. The New Face of Terrorism: Threats from Weapons of Mass Destruction. London & New York: I. B. Tauris, 2000. HV6431 .G87 2000 Halliday, Fred. Two Hours That Shook the World: September 11, 2001: Causes and Consequences. London: Saqi Books, 2002. HV6432 .H355 2002 Hamm, Mark S. In Bad Company: America’s Terrorist Underground. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 2001. HV6432.5.A79 H36 2002 Hoge, James, Jr. (ed.). How Did This Happen? Terrorism and the New War. New York: PublicAffairs, 2001. HV6432 .H69 2001 Labeviere, Richard. Dollars for Terror: The United States and Islam. New York : Algora Publishing, 2000. HV6432 .L3313 2000Landau, Elaine. Osama bin Laden: A War Against the West. Brookfield, CT: Twenty-First Century Books, 2002. HV6430.B55 L36 2002Linenthal, Edward Tabor. Unfinished Bombing: Oklahoma City in American Memory. New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. HV6432 .L54 2001Melman, Yossi. T he Master Terrorist: The True story of Abu-Nidal. New York: Adama Books, [1986]. HV6431.A28 M45Miller, Marc. Terrorism Factbook: Our Nation at War! Peoria, IL: Bollix Books, 2001. HV6431 .M55 2001 OversizeMylroie, Laurie. Study of Revenge: The First World Trade Center Attack and Saddam Hussein’s War Against America. Washington, DC: American Enterprise Institute, 2001. HV6432 .M94 2001Netanyahu, Benjamin (ed.). Terrorism: How the West Can Win. New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1986. HV6431 .T466One Nation: America Remembers September 11, 2001. Boston: Little, Brown, 2001. HV6432 .O54 2001 Oversize Patterns of Global Terrorism. [Washington, D.C.?] : U.S. Dept. of State. HV6431 .P3 2000 Ref Picco, Giandomenico. Man Without a Gun: One Diplomat's Secret Struggle to Free the Hostages, Fight Terrorism, and End a War. New York: Times Books, 1999. HV6431 .P4 1999 Pillar, Paul R. Terrorism and U.S. Foreign Policy. Brookings Institute, 2001. HV6431 .P56 2001 Reeve, Simon. The New Jackals: Ramzi Yousef, Osama bin Laden, and the Future of Terrorism. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1999. HV6432 .R42 1999 Smith, Dennis. Report from Ground Zero: The Story of the Rescue Efforts at the World Trade Center. New York: Viking, 2002. HV6432 .S64 2002 Talbot, Strobe & Chanda, Nayan. The Age of Terror: America and the World After September 11. New York: Basic Books, 2002. HV6432 .A43 2001 Technology Against Terrorism: The Federal Effort. Washington, D.C.: Congress of the U.S., Office of Technology Assessment, [1991]. HV6431 .T4 Tolchin, Martin. Selling our Security: The Erosion of America's Assets. New York: Knopf, 1992. HC110.T4 T65 Tucker, H. H. (ed.). Combating the Terrorist: Democratic Responses to Political Violence. New York: Facts on File, 1988. HV6432 .C65Whitaker, David J. Terrorism Reader. London & New York: Routledge, 2001. HV6431 .T493 2001Periodical and Newspaper Articles The Hartford Public Library offers electronic access to articles through its iConn database service for patrons of Connecticut libraries. You will need your library card to log into the database. Foreign Affairs: "The Terrorist Attack on America: Background"Previously published articles that contribute to an understanding of the September 11, attacks on New York and Washington. (Subscription required) September 11 Web Archive The aim in creating this collection of Web materials is to preserve the Web expressions of individual people, groups, the press and institutions from around the world, in the aftermath of the attacks in the U.S. on September 11, 2001. The Archive is a collaboration between the Library of Congress, the Internet Archive and webArchivist.org. Slate: Attack on America Cartoons about the attacks. Slate: "Law, Order, and Terrorism: Other Nations' Remedies" An article that takes a look at other Western-style democracies' security tactics, in order to strengthen national security in the U.S. In Search of bin Laden. Alexandria, VA: PBS Videos, 2001.
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