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Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"An examination of the profound impact that the War on Terror had in pushing American politics and society in an authoritarian direction for an entire generation, at home and abroad, the United States has waged an endless conflict known as the War on Terror. In addition to multiple ground wars, it has pioneered drone strikes and industrial-scale digital surveillance, as well as detaining people indefinitely and torturing them. These conflicts have...
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Examines the mission that killed Osama Bin Laden, details the selection and training process for one of the most elite units in the military, and describes previously unreported missions that illustrate the life and work of a SEAL and the evolution of the team after the events of September 11.
45) The red circle: my life in the Navy Seal Sniper Corps and how I trained America's deadliest marksmen
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
A rare and personal look at the inner workings of the US military through the eyes of a covert operations specialist.
Publisher
Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Fifteen original essays from American veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan offer first-hand perspectives on what made America's post-9/11 wars such costly and misguided exercises in futility, documenting how the world's self-proclaimed greatest military power went so badly astray.
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The Espionage Act was passed in 1917 to prosecute spies and critics during World War I. And yet, after a century of piecemeal revisions, the Espionage Act still forms the basis of our national security architecture today - a tool that lets the government keep an untold amount of information secret, without ever justifying the need for that secrecy. In State of Silence, political historian Sam Lebovic uncovers the troubling history of the Espionage...
50) The forever prisoner: the full and searing account of the CIA's most controversial covert program
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Six months after 9/11, CIA and FBI agents captured Abu Zubaydah, mistakenly believed to be number three in the Al Qaeda hierarchy. Frantic to thwart a much-feared second attack, the U.S. rendered him to a black site in Thailand. There he collided with Air Force psychologist James Mitchell. Believing that Abu Zubaydah had been trained to resist interrogation, Mitchell and others were authorized to use brutal interrogation techniques that would have...
51) Detainee 001
Publisher
Showtime
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Explores the story of John Walker Lindh and his involvement with the Taliban in Afghanistan as an American, with footage of his capture and interrogations following the September 11th attacks.
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The moving, eye-opening memoir of an innocent man detained at Gauntánamo Bay for 15 years: a story of humanity in the unlikeliest of places and an unprecedented look at life at Gauntánamo on the eve of its 20th anniversary"--
Publisher
Abrams ComicArts
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"In January 2002, the United States sent a group of Muslim men they suspected of terrorism to a prison in Guantanamo Bay. They were the first of roughly 780 prisoners who would be held there-and 40 inmates still remain. Eighteen years later, very few of them have been ever charged with a crime. In Guantanamo Voices', journalist Sarah Mirk and her team of diverse, talented graphic novel artists tell the stories of ten people whose lives have been shaped...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
This instant New York Times bestseller—"a jaw-dropping, fast-paced account" (New York Post) recounts SEAL Team Operator Robert O'Neill's incredible four-hundred-mission career, including the attempts to rescue "Lone Survivor" Marcus Luttrell and abducted-by-Somali-pirates Captain Richard Phillips, and which culminated in the death of the world's most wanted terrorist—Osama bin Laden.
In The Operator, Robert...
In The Operator, Robert...
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
In the wake of the September 11 terror attacks, the American government implemented a wave of overt policies to fight the nations enemies. Unseen and undetected by the public, however, another set of tools were brought to bear on the domestic front. In this riveting book, one of todays leading experts on the US security state shows how these subtle tools
Author
Publisher
SelfMadeHero
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Following 9/11, President Bush{u2019}s "War on Terror" with plans to invade Iraq erupted into a cultural clash between French reluctance and American assurance over the case for "Weapons of Mass Destruction." In Weapons of Mass Diplomacy, diplomat Abel Lanzac reveals the tension and politics through a French insider{u2019}s point of view, with satirical humor that softens the controversial subject matter. Readers follow Lanzac{u2019}s fictionalized...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"A celebration of the acclaimed television and radio news program Democracy Now! and the extraordinary movements and heroes who have moved our democracy forward. In 1996 Amy Goodman began hosting a show on Pacifica Radio called Democracy Now! to focus on the issues and movements that are too often ignored by the corporate media. Today Democracy Now! is the largest public media collaboration in the US, broadcasting on over 1,400 public television and...
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