商品簡介
This survey of US policy in the years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks provides a critical examination of key figures, events, and policies in the US global war on terror and the invasions and occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan. Beginning with a look at the rise of Osama Bin Laden and the Al Qaida network, the volume covers topics such as the attacks of 9/11, Operation Enduring Freedom, civil liberties and anti-terrorism policy, Operation Iraqi Freedom, insurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the Obama administration's continuation of anti-terrorism policies. The material includes a comprehensive chronology as well as biographical essays on key figures. Lansford is a professor of political science at the University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Tom Lansford is academic dean and a professor of political science at the University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast, Long Beach, MS.