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The 9/11 encyclopedia / Stephen E. Atkins.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Westport, Conn. : Praeger Security International, 2008.Description: 2 v. (xxii, 586 p.) ; ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 0275994317 (alk. paper)
  • 0275994325 ((vol. 1) : alk. paper)
  • 0275994333 ((vol. 2) : alk. paper)
  • 9780275994310 (alk. paper)
  • 9780275994327 ((vol. 1) : alk. paper)
  • 9780275994334 ((vol. 2) : alk. paper)
Other title:
  • Nine eleven encyclopedia
Subject(s):
Contents:
Abdel Rahman, Sheikh Omar -- Able Danger -- Abouhalima, Mahmud -- African Embassy bombings -- Alec Station -- American Airlines Flight 11 -- American Airlines Flight 77 -- American Society of Civil engineers Report - Argenbright Security Company -- Atef, Mohammad -- Atta, Mohamed el-Amir Awad el-Sayed -- Azzam, Sheikh Abdullah Yussuf -- Bahaji, Said -- Beamer, Todd Morgan -- Biggart, William -- Bingham, Mark Kendall -- Bin Laden, Osama -- Bin al-Shibh, Ramzi -- Bucca, Ronald -- Burlingame, Charles Frank "Chic" III -- Burnett, Thomas Edward -- Bush, George W. -- Brush administration -- Cantor Fitzgerald -- Casualties of September 11 - Central Intelligence Agency -- Chomsky, Noam -- Churchill, Ward -- Clark, Richard A. -- Cleanup Operations at Ground Zero -- Clinton administration -- Conspiracy theories -- Counterterrorism Center -- Dahl, Jason Matthew -- DCA -- Department of Design and Construction -- Disaster Mortuary Operation Response Team -- Dog Rescue and Recovery Teams -- Downey, Ray Matthew --
Economic impact of September 11 -- Fadl, Jamal al- -- Fahrenheit 9/11 -- Families of victims of September 11 -- Family Assistance Center -- Family Steering Committee -- Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) -- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) -- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) -- Feehan, William M. "Bill" -- Fetzer, James H. -- Fire House 40/35 -- Firefighters at Ground Zero -- firefighter Riot on November 2, 2001 -- Floyd, Nancy -- Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 -- Freedom Tower -- Freeh, Louis -- Fresh Kills Landfill -- Ganci, Peter J. "Peter" -- Giuliani, Rudolph William Louis "Rudy" III -- Giuliani Time (documentary) -- Glick, Jeremy -- Goss, Porter J. -- Graham, David Ray -- Guantánamo Bay Detainment Camp -- Hage, Wadih el- -- Hamburg cell -- Hamburg Cell (TV movie) -- Hamdani, Mohammad Salman -- Hamilton, Lee H. -- Hanjour, Hani Saleh Husan -- Hazmi, Nawaf bin Muhammad Salim al- -- Homer, Leroy Wilton Jr. -- Ielpi, Lee -- Immigration and Naturalization Services (INS) -- Jersey Girls -- Joint Terrorism Task Force -- Jones, Steven E. -- Judge, Mychal -- Justification for the September 11 Suicide Mission --
Kean, Thomas Howard -- Kerrik, Bernard Bailey -- Kifah Refugee Center, al- -- Kuala Lumpur meeting -- Levin, Neil David -- Lewin, Daniel M. -- Marrs, Jim -- Mazza, Kathy -- Merino, Yamel -- Meyssan, Thierry -- Mihdhar, Khalid al- -- Millennium plots -- Mohamed, Ali Abdel Saoud -- Mohammed, Khalid Sheikh -- Motassadeq, Mounir el- -- Moussaoui, Zacarias -- Murad, Abdul Hakim Ali Hashim -- National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States -- National Security Agency (NSA) -- Naudet Documentary on 9/11 -- New York City Landmarks Bombing Conspiracy -- New York City Police Department (NYPD) -- Nineteen martyrs -- North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) -- Nosair, El Sayyid -- Office of Emergency Management (OEM) -- Ogonowski, John -- Olson, Barbara -- O'Neill, John -- Ong, Betty Ann -- Operation Bojinka -- Occupational Safety and Health Agency (OSHA) -- The Path to 9/11 (TV miniseries) -- Pavel Hlava video -- Pentagon attack -- Phoenix memo -- Pilot training for September 11 -- Port Authority of New York and New Jersey -- Predator --
List of entries -- List of primary documents -- Guide to related topics -- v. 1 -- Preface -- Encyclopedia -- v. 2 -- Chronology of events surrounding 9/11 -- Primary documents -- Annotated bibliography -- Index.
Rendition -- Rescorla, Cyril Richard (Rick) -- Ressam, Ahmed -- Rowley, Coleen -- Samit, Harry -- Saracini, Victor J. -- Scheuer, Michael -- Scholars for 9/11 Truth -- Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence JOint Inquiry into the Terrorist Attacks of September 11 -- Shehhi, Marwan Yousef Muhammed Rashid Lekrab al- (1978-2001) -- Smith, Moira -- Swift Project -- Taliban -- Tenet, George -- TIPOFF -- Transportation Security Administration -- United Airlines Flight 93 -- United Airlines Flight 175 -- United 93 (film) -- USA PATRIOT Act -- Victims' Compensation Fund -- Von Essen, Thomas -- Wag the Dog (movie) -- The Wall -- Weldon, Curtis "Curt" -- World Trade Center -- World Trade Center, September 11 -- World Trade Center (movie) -- World Trade Center Bombing (1993) -- Yousef, Ramzi Ahmed -- Zadroga, James -- Zammar, Muhammad Heydar -- Zawahiri, Ayman al- -- Zubaydah, Abu.
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Not for Loan Not for Loan Main Library Reference 973.931 A874 v.1 Not for loan 33111005530171
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Horror. Sadness. Protests. Military action. Conspiracy theories. From personal loss to economic upheaval to a paradigm shift in U.S. foreign relations, few events in the past 100 years have impacted American life so greatly as the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. This comprehensive two-volume set details every event leading up to 9/11, going back up to a decade prior to the attacks, and including all participants from any place in the world. Also covered are events since the attack that have influenced our understanding of the ordeal. With A-Z entries, descriptive sidebars, and over 40 primary documents, The 9/11 Encyclopedia is an essential source for understanding one of the blackest marks on the pages of American history.



Volume one presents A-Z entries on the event, including:

Conspiracy theories

Economic impact of 9/11

FBI and 9/11

Flight 93

Hamburg Group

John O'Neill

Khalid Sheik Mohammad

Logan Airport

Mohammad Atta

New York Fire Department

Osama Bin Laden

Ramzi Ahmed Yousef

World Trade Center Bombing (1993)

Volume two includes over 40 primary documents relating to the event.

Selections include:

Osama Bin Laden's declaration of Jihad

Richard Clarke's memorandum to Condoleezza Rice on al-Qaeda

Oral testimony from survivors of the 9/11 attack

Interview with Mullah Umar Muhammad

The White House declaration on the humane treatment of al-Qaeda and Taliban Detainees

Includes bibliographical references (p. [547]-566) and index.

Abdel Rahman, Sheikh Omar -- Able Danger -- Abouhalima, Mahmud -- African Embassy bombings -- Alec Station -- American Airlines Flight 11 -- American Airlines Flight 77 -- American Society of Civil engineers Report - Argenbright Security Company -- Atef, Mohammad -- Atta, Mohamed el-Amir Awad el-Sayed -- Azzam, Sheikh Abdullah Yussuf -- Bahaji, Said -- Beamer, Todd Morgan -- Biggart, William -- Bingham, Mark Kendall -- Bin Laden, Osama -- Bin al-Shibh, Ramzi -- Bucca, Ronald -- Burlingame, Charles Frank "Chic" III -- Burnett, Thomas Edward -- Bush, George W. -- Brush administration -- Cantor Fitzgerald -- Casualties of September 11 - Central Intelligence Agency -- Chomsky, Noam -- Churchill, Ward -- Clark, Richard A. -- Cleanup Operations at Ground Zero -- Clinton administration -- Conspiracy theories -- Counterterrorism Center -- Dahl, Jason Matthew -- DCA -- Department of Design and Construction -- Disaster Mortuary Operation Response Team -- Dog Rescue and Recovery Teams -- Downey, Ray Matthew --

Economic impact of September 11 -- Fadl, Jamal al- -- Fahrenheit 9/11 -- Families of victims of September 11 -- Family Assistance Center -- Family Steering Committee -- Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) -- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) -- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) -- Feehan, William M. "Bill" -- Fetzer, James H. -- Fire House 40/35 -- Firefighters at Ground Zero -- firefighter Riot on November 2, 2001 -- Floyd, Nancy -- Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 -- Freedom Tower -- Freeh, Louis -- Fresh Kills Landfill -- Ganci, Peter J. "Peter" -- Giuliani, Rudolph William Louis "Rudy" III -- Giuliani Time (documentary) -- Glick, Jeremy -- Goss, Porter J. -- Graham, David Ray -- Guantánamo Bay Detainment Camp -- Hage, Wadih el- -- Hamburg cell -- Hamburg Cell (TV movie) -- Hamdani, Mohammad Salman -- Hamilton, Lee H. -- Hanjour, Hani Saleh Husan -- Hazmi, Nawaf bin Muhammad Salim al- -- Homer, Leroy Wilton Jr. -- Ielpi, Lee -- Immigration and Naturalization Services (INS) -- Jersey Girls -- Joint Terrorism Task Force -- Jones, Steven E. -- Judge, Mychal -- Justification for the September 11 Suicide Mission --

Kean, Thomas Howard -- Kerrik, Bernard Bailey -- Kifah Refugee Center, al- -- Kuala Lumpur meeting -- Levin, Neil David -- Lewin, Daniel M. -- Marrs, Jim -- Mazza, Kathy -- Merino, Yamel -- Meyssan, Thierry -- Mihdhar, Khalid al- -- Millennium plots -- Mohamed, Ali Abdel Saoud -- Mohammed, Khalid Sheikh -- Motassadeq, Mounir el- -- Moussaoui, Zacarias -- Murad, Abdul Hakim Ali Hashim -- National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States -- National Security Agency (NSA) -- Naudet Documentary on 9/11 -- New York City Landmarks Bombing Conspiracy -- New York City Police Department (NYPD) -- Nineteen martyrs -- North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) -- Nosair, El Sayyid -- Office of Emergency Management (OEM) -- Ogonowski, John -- Olson, Barbara -- O'Neill, John -- Ong, Betty Ann -- Operation Bojinka -- Occupational Safety and Health Agency (OSHA) -- The Path to 9/11 (TV miniseries) -- Pavel Hlava video -- Pentagon attack -- Phoenix memo -- Pilot training for September 11 -- Port Authority of New York and New Jersey -- Predator --

List of entries -- List of primary documents -- Guide to related topics -- v. 1 -- Preface -- Encyclopedia -- v. 2 -- Chronology of events surrounding 9/11 -- Primary documents -- Annotated bibliography -- Index.

Rendition -- Rescorla, Cyril Richard (Rick) -- Ressam, Ahmed -- Rowley, Coleen -- Samit, Harry -- Saracini, Victor J. -- Scheuer, Michael -- Scholars for 9/11 Truth -- Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence JOint Inquiry into the Terrorist Attacks of September 11 -- Shehhi, Marwan Yousef Muhammed Rashid Lekrab al- (1978-2001) -- Smith, Moira -- Swift Project -- Taliban -- Tenet, George -- TIPOFF -- Transportation Security Administration -- United Airlines Flight 93 -- United Airlines Flight 175 -- United 93 (film) -- USA PATRIOT Act -- Victims' Compensation Fund -- Von Essen, Thomas -- Wag the Dog (movie) -- The Wall -- Weldon, Curtis "Curt" -- World Trade Center -- World Trade Center, September 11 -- World Trade Center (movie) -- World Trade Center Bombing (1993) -- Yousef, Ramzi Ahmed -- Zadroga, James -- Zammar, Muhammad Heydar -- Zawahiri, Ayman al- -- Zubaydah, Abu.

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