American Studies - September 11, 2001

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Directory of Online Resources for the Study of September 11, 2001

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White House

  • Patriot Day, 2006
    A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America (September 11, 2006)

American Public Media - Speaking of Faith

  • Hearing Muslim Voices Since 9/11 (September 2006)
    "Dramatic headlines convey a predominantly violent picture of global Islam. But, during the past five years, Muslim guests on Step back with us and hear these voices from the traditional and evolving center of Islam."

PBS - Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly
An Online Companion to the Weekly Television News Program

Arab American Institute
"The Arab American Institute (AAI) represents the policy and community interests of Arab Americans throughout the United States and strives to promote Arab American participation in the U.S. electoral system."

BBC News Special Reports - 11 September Five Years On

  • Viewpoints: The World Since 9/11
    "After the attacks on the US in September 2001, many commentators and political leaders declared that the world had changed for ever. Five years on, what exactly has changed? Six writers and commentators give us their views."

Current History
A Journal of Contemporary World Affairs.

New York Government (NYC.gov) - 9/11 NYC Services Center

New York Magazine

The Sonic Memorial Project
"SonicMemorial.org is an open archive and an online audio installation of the history of The World Trade Center. We are continuing to collect stories, ambient sounds, voicemails, and archival recordings to tell the rich history of the twin towers, the neighborhood and the events of 9/11."

The Sydney Morning Herald

  • War of Ideas - September 11 Five Years On
    Sections include: Afghanistan ; Iran ; Lebanon ; Iraq ; Palestinian Territories ; USA.
    "Paul McGeough visited some of these fractious regions to check on the progress of American-sponsored democracy, and to see how the battle of ideas is affecting the lives of the people in these countries."

WCBS Newsradio 880 (New York City)

  • 9/11 Emergency Calls (August 2006)
    "The following 11 files contain the voices of the operators and dispatchers who received the 911 emergency calls on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001. They were released by the City of New York on Friday, March 31,2006. The voices of the callers have been redacted by the City of New York. Also edited out are any statements made by the dispatcher(s) and/or operator(s) that include the name of the callers...In addition, thetranscripts of each part are available for you to download."

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

  • Five Years After 9/11: Terrorism Trends and Implications
    Webcast of the September 07, 2006 event.
    "This meeting, jointly sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson Centerís Division of International Security Studies, the U.S. Armyís Eisenhower National Security Series, and Georgetown Universityís Center for Peace and Security Studies was part of an ongoing series on terrorism and homeland security."

Syracuse University - TRAC Reports
"Your source for comprehensive independent and nonpartisan information about federal enforcement, staffing and spending.

[The 9-11 Commission] National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
"...is chartered to prepare a full and complete account of the circumstances surrounding the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, including preparedness for and the immediate response to the attacks. The Commission is also mandated to provide recommendations designed to guard against future attacks."

  • 9-11 Commission Final Report
    "The Commissionís Final Report provides a full and complete account of the circumstances surrounding the September 11th, 2001, terrorist attacks, including preparedness for and the immediate response to the attacks. It also includes recommendations designed to guard against future attacks."
  • Hearings
    "Staff statements, prepared testimony, archived video, and transcripts will be posted in the online archive as they become available.

U.S. Congressional Reports
- GPO Access

George Washington University - The National Security Archive

  • Government Releases Detailed Information on 9/11 Crashes
    Complete Air-Ground Transcripts of Hijacked 9/11 Flight Records Declassified.
    National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 196.
    Edited by Barbara Elias, August, 2006.
  • The President's Daily Brief
    Documents: The 6 August 2001 PDB headlined "Bin Ladin Determined to Strike in US."
  • The September 11th Sourcebooks
    National Security Archive Online Readers on Terrorism, Intelligence and the Next War
    • Volume I: Terrorism and U.S. Policy (September 21, 2001)
      "...contains the documents that our staff experts, led by Dr. Jeffrey Richelson and coordinated by Michael Evans, have selected as the most important available primary sources on U.S. terrorism policy."
    • Volume II: Afghanistan- Lessons from the Last War (October 9, 2001)
      "...Archive experts John Prados and Svetlana Savranskaya draw on declassified records and the memoirs of former Soviet officials to examine Soviet policymaking, military operations, and lessons learned from the last war in Afghanistan, a bloody, ten-year conflict that pitted Soviet military forces against CIA-backed Afghan rebels."
    • Volume III: BIOWAR
      The Nixon Administration's Decision to End U.S. Biological Warfare Programs
      Edited by Dr. Robert A. Wampler, October 25, 2001; Updated December 7, 2001.
      "In order to provide historical context for these events and revelations, The National Security Archive is making available a collection of documents that shed light upon the decision made by President Richard M. Nixon in 1969 to end all U.S. offensive biological (and chemical) weapons programs."
    • Volume IV: The Once and Future King?
      From the Secret Files on King Zahir's Reign in Afghanistan, 1970-1973
      National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 59
      Edited by William Burr, October 26, 2001
    • Volume V: Anthrax at Sverdlovsk, 1979
      U.S. Intelligence on the Deadliest Modern Outbreak
      National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 61
      Edited by Robert A. Wampler and Thomas S. Blanton, November 15, 2001
    • Volume VI: The Hunt for Bin Laden
      Background on the Role of Special Forces in U.S. Military Strategy
      National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 63, December 2001.
    • Volume VII: The Taliban File
      National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 97.
      Edited by Sajit Gandhi
      "Marking the second anniversary of the terrorist attacks of 9/11, the National Security Archive at George Washington University today posted on the Web a new collection of recently declassified U.S. documents covering the controversial rise to power of Osama bin Laden's former hosts in Afghanistan, the Taliban. "
    • Taliban File Part III
      U.S. Pressed Taliban to Expel Usama bin Laden Over 30 Times - Only Three Approaches in First Year of Bush Administration.
    • Taliban File Part III
      Pakistan Aided the Taliban in the 1990's
      Edited by Sajit Gandi
    • Taliban File Part IV
      Mullah Omar Called Washington in 1998
      National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book, No. 134.
      Edited by Barbara Elias.