Terrorism

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The film Poster for Captain Phillips (2013)
Contested Waters: Captain Phillips and the Hijacking of the Maersk Alabama
1996 suicide bombing in Jerusalem.
The Human Use of Human Beings: A Brief History of Suicide Bombing
Cover of Conspirator: Lenin in Exile by Helen Rappaport.
Conspirator: Lenin in Exile
Mather Brown's portrait of Thomas Jefferson.
Joe McCarthy Rides Again
Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Restoring Russian Support for the War on Terror
Spanish and French troops in Afghanistan in 2005.
Calling Al-Qaeda Fascist Doesn’t Make It So
US propaganda leaflet used in Afghanistan, with bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri.
Fighting a Cold War Against Osama bin Laden
Pledging his support, President George W. Bush talks via telephone to New York Governor George Pataki and New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.
Wilson and Bush: Unready Internationalists
A dry ice bomb mid-explosion.
It’s Not How to Make a Bomb That’s the Problem, But Why
US Marine Corps during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003.
“Operation Mississippi Freedom”: When State-Sponsored Terrorism Was American
A woman voting in the early 20th century.
Could We Postpone the Election — Even If We Wanted To?
President Bush makes remarks in 2006 during a press conference in the Rose Garden about Iran's nuclear ambitions and discusses North Korea's nuclear test.
Fighting a War in Name Only
Aftermath of the al-Qaida bombing at the U.S. Embassy in Tanzania in 1998.
When America Was Considered a Rogue Nation
Bust of Harlan Fiske Stone, the 12th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Following Bad Precedents for Deciding Military Justice
Sacking of Rome.
Bush’s Road Leads Back to Rome’s Empire
Copy of an 1890 lithograph depicting the Battle of New Orleans during the Revolutionary War.
A New Resource in the War Against Terrorism?
The White House lit in green light for St. Patrick's Day.
9/11 and 3/17: Closer Than You Think
1911 portrait of King George V, ruler of the British Empire.
The Risks of Unilateralism
American flag fluttering in the breeze.
War Without End Brings Endless Dangers
President Nixon looking at a CIA map in 1970.
Why an Intelligence Inquiry Is Needed
Seen in 1986 with Ford Island in center. The USS Arizona Memorial is the small white dot on the left side above Ford Island.
Pearl Harbor Myth Poses Dangers
President George W. Bush
Propaganda: Necessary but Difficult
From left to right, Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI Director Robert Mueller in 2001.
Attorneys General Who Cry Wolf
A "bucket brigade" works to clear rubble and debris on September 14, 2001.
United We Stand? The Unequal Costs of Mobilization