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War and the Future; Italy, France and Britain at War

By: H. G. Wells

...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. War and the Future by H. G. Wells, the Pennsylvania State Unive... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...g peace time that preceded the war. The reckless and beautiful zeal of the women in the British and French munition factories, for example, the gaiety... ...an any other belligerent. She produces food in abundance every- where; her women are agricultural workers, so that the inter- ruption of food producti... ... it. It is a novelty to an English mind to find banking thus mixed up with politics, but it is not a novelty in Italy. All over V enetia there are agr... ...atches of tents, the coming and going of men increases. But here are three women har- vesting, and presently in a cornfield are German prisoners worki... ... shaped, cut, fitted with 74 War and the Future copper bands, calibrated, polished, varnished…. Then we go on to another system of machines in which ... ... autonomous Po- land, with Cracow, Danzig, and Posen brought into the same Polish-speaking ring-fence with W arsaw. What everyone who has looked into ...

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Aaron's Rod

By: D. H. Lawrence

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...Excerpt: There was a large, brilliant evening star in the early twilight, and underfoot the earth was half frozen. It was Christmas Eve. Also the War was over, and there was a sense of relief that was almost a new menace. A man felt the violence of the nightmare released now ...

....................... 55 CHAPTER VII: THE DARK SQUARE GARDEN................................................................. 64 CHAPTER VIII: A PUNCH IN THE WIND........................................................................ 71 CHAPTER IX: LOW-WATER MARK ................................................................................... 84 CHAPTER X: THE WAR AGAIN...

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In the Days of the Comet

By: H. G. Wells

... COMET BY H. G. WELLS A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication In the Days of the Comet by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvani... ...e of any kind. Any person using this docu- ment file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. In the Days of the Comet by H. G. Wells, the Pennsylvania State... ... chuckled over their rare wines, amidst their dazzling, wick- edly dressed women, and plotted further grinding for the faces of the poor. And amidst a... ...t will hurt you if you do.” She had been cowed into submission, as so many women of that time had been, by the sheer brutality of the accepted thing. ... ...wth of thought ceased in them. They set and hardened into narrow ways. Few women remained capable of a new idea after five and twenty, few men after t... ...t with the end of the world. He had got that jumbled up with international politics and prophecies from the Book of Daniel. I stopped to hear him only... ...ter, who directed me to a princely young man behind a counter of brass and polish, like a bank—like sev- eral banks. This young man, while he answered... ... and presumptuous old man. I am of little use here. I have given myself to politics and intrigues, and life is gone from me.” Then for a long time he ...

...Excerpt: I saw a gray-haired man, a figure of hale age, sitting at a desk and writing: He seemed to be in a room in a tower, very high, so that through the tall window on his left one perceived only distances, a remote horizon of sea, a headland and that vague haze and glitter in the sunset that many miles away marks a city. A...

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A Set of Six

By: Joseph Conrad

...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. A Set of Six by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania State Universit... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in En- glish, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them.... ...is lands, the burning of his houses, and at the misery to which he and his womenfolk were re- duced. This habit of laughing had grown upon him, so tha... ...ts of honour and humanity from many men and of delicacy and fear from some women. These last, when once they throw off the timidity and reserve of the... ... his white beard twice with an effect of venerable calmness. “Si, Señores! Women are ready to rise to the heights of devotion unattainable by us men, ... ...e I had before me a kind of rare monster. It is true that this monster was polished and in a sense even ex- quisite. His beautiful unruffled manner wa... ....” Meantime, Lieut. Feraud, splendid in his new dol- man and the extremely polished boots of his calling, sat on a chair within a foot of the couch, o... ...dland, marched and counter-marched in the snow, in the mud, in the dust of Polish plains, picking up distinction and advance- ment on all the roads of...

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Empire and Wars

By: Sam Vaknin

... All rights reserved. This book, or any part thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovs... ...elovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-review.org/authorarchi... ...dd Me to the List VII. The American Hostel VIII. The Semi-failed State The War in Afghanistan I. Afghan Myths II. Pakistan’s Nice Little War... ...gnant mixture of supremacy and contempt. But why is America being singled out? In politics and even more so in geopolitics, double standards and b... ... States is no doubt in an advantageous position with its hard power. But ... power politics always invite resentment and the paradox of American po... ...variably European; a decadent and unfaithful Icelandic, seductive Czech and Russian women, a Dr. Mengele type German, a Ukrainian pimp. The torture ... ... and when not to. But during the Musharraf reign, human rights and the position of women in Pakistan have improved considerably. Constructive relat... ... equivalent of 5 percent of GDP, say to sources in the government. Yugoslav, Czech, Polish, and formerly East German firms are in the same predicame... ...ifth of the Saudi and Egyptian labor forces go unemployed. Only one tenth of Saudi women have ever worked. The region's population has almost doubl...

The antecedents and aftermath of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the role of the United States in international affairs.

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The World Factbook: 1987

By: Central Intelligence Agency

...or through liaison channels from the Central Intelligence Agency. Requesters in the Department of Defense may obtain copies from: Defense Intelligence... ...shington, D.C. 20340-3344 Tel: (202) 373-3869 or Autovon 243-3869 Requesters in the Department of State may obtain copies from: Department of State IN... ...27 Requesters outside the US Government may .... ' purchase this publication in photocopy or micro- form from: National Technical Information Service ... ...primarily Baluchi and Pashai); much bilingualism Life expectancy: men 42.53, women 40.87 (1986) Literacy: 12% Labor force: 4.98 million (1980 est); 67... ... dialects Infant mortality rate: 148/1,000 (1983) Life expectancy: men 40.6, women 42.9 Literacy: 20% Labor force: 2,783,000 economically active (mid-... ... languages Infant mortality rate: 10/1,000 (1983) Life expectancy: men 72.1, women 78.7 (1983) Literacy: 98.5% Labor force: 7.6 million (November 1986... ...hnic divisions: 64.3% Czech, 30.5% Slovak, 3.8% Hungarian, 0.4% German, 0.4% Polish, 0.3% Ukrainian, 0.1% Russian, 0.2% other (Jewish, Gypsy) Religion... ...s, poultry products Major industries: food processing, dia- mond cutting and polishing, textiles and clothing, chemicals, metal products, trans- port ... ...lion kWh produced, 3,880 kWh per capita (1986) Exports: $6.3 billion (1985); polished diamonds, citrus and other fruits, textiles and clothing, proces...

...There have been some significant changes in this edition. A new Geography section has replaced the former Land and Water sections. Entries in the new section include area (total and land), comparative area, land boundaries, coastline, maritime claims, boundary disp...

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What Is Coming a Forecast of Things after the War

By: H. G. Wells

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Beauchamp's Career

By: George Meredith

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...Excerpt: The Champion Of His Country. When young Nevil Beauchamp was throwing off his midshipman?s jacket for a holiday in the garb of peace, we had across Channel a host of dreadful military officers flashing swords at us for some critical observations of ours upon their sovereign, threatening Africa?s fires and savagery....

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North America Volume One

By: Anthony Trollope

...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. North America: Volume One by Anthony Trollope, the Pennsylvania... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ............................................ 277 CHAPTER XVIII: THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN ........................................................................ ...f burdened with much nervous anxi- ety at my first introduction to men and women in Boston. I knew what the feeling there was with reference to En- gl... ...lubs, but one rather rejoicing in the rustle of petticoats. I like to have women in the same room with me. But at 29 Trollope these hotels I found my... ...st valueless. That a change in the fashion of hats should have assisted to polish these poor fellows off the face of creation, must, one may sup- pose... ...eeling of external inferiority. When that has gone—when the Ameri- can has polished himself up by education and general well- being to a feeling of ex... ...in its greatest richness can produce. In Paris he will find the supreme of polish, the ne plus ultra of varnish according to the world’s capability of...

...: CAMBRIDGE AND LOWELL ............................................................................................. 277 CHAPTER XVIII: THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN ............................................................................................... 292 CHAPTER XIX: EDUCATION ...................................................................................................

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Leaves of Grass

By: Walt Whitman

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...gnomy alone nor brain alone is worthy for the Muse, I say the Form complete is worthier far, The Female equally with the Male I sing. Of Life immense in passion, pulse, and power, Cheerful, for freest action form?d under the laws divine, The Modern Man I sing....

...s LEAVES OF GRASS.......................8 BOOK I. INSCRIPTIONS..................9 One?s-Self I Sing...................................9 As I Ponder?d in Silence.....................10 In Cabin?d Ships at Sea.......................11 To Foreign Lands................................12 To a Historian.....................................12 To Thee Old Cause.......................

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The Amazing Marriage

By: George Meredith

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... fun and high spirits besides her good looks, which you may judge of for yourself on a walk down most of our great noblemen?s collections of pictures in England, where you will behold her as the goddess Diana fitting an arrow to a bow; and elsewhere an Amazon holding a spear; or a lady with dogs, in the costume of the day; and in one place she is a nymph, if not Diana hers...

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Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers

By: Thomas de Quincey

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War and Peace

By: Leo Tolstoy, Graf

...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. War and Peace – Book Two by Leo Tolstoy, the Pennsylvania State... ...oing student publication project to bring classical works of litera- ture, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ... looked as if he were smeared with chalk—as white as flour! I suppose they polish him up as they do the guns.” “I say, Fedeshon!… Did he say when the ... ...rfully with his glittering, black eyes at Rostov. “If at least we had some women here; but there’s nothing foh one to do but dwink. If we could only g... ...ss by special permission. The eyes of all the sol- diers turned toward the women, and while the vehicle was passing at foot pace all the soldiers’ rem... ... face bore almost the same smile, ex- pressing unseemly thoughts about the women. “Just see, the German sausage is making tracks, too!” “Sell me the m... ...omats, evidently had its own interests which had nothing to do with war or politics but re- lated to high society, to certain women, and to the offici... ...,” Bilibin whispered to Bolkonski. “Kuragin is exquisite when he discusses politics—you should see his gravity!” He sat down beside Hippolyte and wrin...

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War and Peace

By: Leo Tolstoy, Graf

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North America Volume Two

By: Anthony Trollope

...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. North America: Volume Two by Anthony Trollope, the Pennsylvania... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...sidents I found none who spoke of their city with affec- tion. The men and women of Boston think that the sun shines nowhere else; and Boston Common i... ...ut of 1500 men, one-half had gone to fight the Southern battles! Among the women of Alexandria seces- sion would have found but few opponents. It was ... ...than his Northern brother; and this difference is quite as strong with the women as with the men. It may therefore be understood that secession would ... ... would not work. The latter people has been, or soon will be, exterminated—polished off the face of creation, as the Americans say—which fate must, I ... ...the heavy, rough works of the Welsh coal metropolis than to the finish and polish of Birmingham. “Why cannot you consume your own smoke?” I asked a ge... ... than his brethren. Our friend was very angry against England. “When we’ve polished off these accursed rebels, I guess we’ll take a turn at you. You h...

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The Chaplet of Pearls

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Chaplet of Pearls by Charlotte M. Yonge, the Pennsylvania S... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...se of a sea of heads. Stout, ruddy, Norman peasants, and high white-capped women, mingled with a few soberly- clad townsfolk, almost all with the grav... ...lliant assembly into which he was admitted. There moved the most beautiful women in France, in every lovely-coloured tint that dress could assume: the... ...y coach empty on purpose to transport you and your ladies to Monceaux. The women may follow with the mails. You can be ready as soon as the horses are... ...ad. —Cymbeline. MERICOUR found the welcome at Hurst Walwyn kindly and more polished than that at Combe Manor. He was more readily understood, and foun... ...supernatural anxieties, and to have merely to guard against the wiles of a Polish priest, a being almost as fabulously en- dowed in his imagination as... ...g shadows, and gleamed into all the recesses of the interlacing boughs and polished leafage above. ‘Do you see, Sir Duke?’ demanded his lady. ‘I see m...

... as little. It only aims at drawing certain scenes and certain characters as the convulsions of the sixteenth century may have affected them, and is, in fact, like all historical romance, the shaping of the conceptions that the imagination must necessarily form when dwelling upon the records of history. That faculty which might be called the passive fancy, and might almost...

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Notes on Life and Letters

By: Joseph Conrad

...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Notes on Life and Letters by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania St... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ............................................................ 98 A NOTE ON THE POLISH PROBLEM—1916 .......................................................... ...here they are, dusted, which was but a de- cent thing to do, but in no way polished, extending from the year ’98 to the year ’20, a thin array (for su... ...f this collection which has never been published before is the Note on the Polish Prob- lem. It was written at the request of a friend to be shown pri... ...of truth, of necessity—before all, of conduct—of Mr. Henry James’s men and women. His mankind is delight- ful. It is delightful in its tenacity; it re... ...etend to anything more, to anything greater. And Mr. Henry James’s men and women are worthy of the name, within the limits his art, so clear, so sure ... ...ght of truth, the shadows so firmly renounced by Mr. Henry James’s men and women, stand out endowed with extraordinary value, with a value so extraord...

......................................................................................................................................... 49 AN OBSERVER IN MALAYA?1898.......................................................................................................................... 53 A HAPPY WANDERER?1910 ..................................................................

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War and Peace

By: Leo Tolstoy, Graf

...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. War and Peace: Book Thirteen by Leo Tolstoy, the Pennsylvania S... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...akened by a deserter from the French army being brought to him. This was a Polish sergeant of Poniatowski’s 16 War and Peace – Book Thirteen corps, w... ...of Poniatowski’s 16 War and Peace – Book Thirteen corps, who explained in Polish that he had come over because he had been slighted in the service: t... ...ng, Major-General Grekov with two Cossack regiments decided to go with the Polish ser- geant. “Now, remember,” said Count Orlov-Denisov to the ser- ge... ...arriages involved among the munition carts, closely squeezed together, sat women with rouged faces, dressed in glaring colors, who were shout- ing som... ... Thirteen dreadful: neither the corpse smeared with soot for fun nor these women hurrying away nor the burned ruins of Moscow. All that he now witness... ... a hard struggle, refused to receive impressions that might weaken it. The women’s vehicles drove by. Behind them came more carts, soldiers, wagons, s...

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War and Peace

By: Leo Tolstoy, Graf

...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. War and Peace – Book Eight by Leo Tolstoy, the Pennsylvania Sta... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ... dressing gown. 4 War and Peace – Book Eight Moscow society, from the old women down to the children, received Pierre like a long-expected guest whos... ... has never cared for anything but her own body and is one of the stupidest women in the world,” thought Pierre, “is regarded by people as the acme of ... ...eping to gossip in drawing rooms of the Club, from gossip to carousals and women; from carousals back to gossip, reading, and wine. Drinking became mo... ...some in framing laws, some in women, some in toys, some in horses, some in politics, some in sport, some in wine, and some in governmental affairs. “N... ...s most intimate friends. At that time while with his regiment in Poland, a Polish land- owner of small means had forced him to marry his daughter. Ana... ...use to anyone.” After a few words to Pierre about the awful roads from the Polish frontier, about people he had met in Switzerland who knew Pierre, an...

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War and Peace

By: Leo Tolstoy, Graf

...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, the Pennsylvania State University... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ... Pavlovna. The vicomte was a nice-looking young man with soft features and polished manners, who evidently consid- ered himself a celebrity but out of... ...ected, sugary expression, evi- dently habitual to him when conversing with women. “I am so enchanted by the brilliancy of the wit and cul- ture of the... ... society. Nothing is so necessary for a young man as the society of clever women.” Anna Pavlovna smiled and promised to take Pierre in hand. She knew ... ...is career. Moreover, he could see by her manners that she was one of those women—mostly mothers—who, having once made up their minds, will not rest un... ...ooked as if he were smeared with chalk—as white as flour! I sup- pose they polish him up as they do the guns.” “I say, Fedeshon!... Did he say when th... ..., or gray horses; then again, spreading out with the brazen clatter of the polished shining cannon that quivered on the gun carriages and with the sme...

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Evan Harrington

By: George Meredith

...e of any kind. Any per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Evan Harrington by George Meredith, the Pennsylvania State Univ... ...oing student publication project to bring classical works of litera- ture, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...I don’t know what to think about it. His sisters over there—they were fine women.’ ‘Oh! a fine family, every one of ‘em! and married well!’ exclaimed ... ...quis’s health!” and he drank it solemn. But, as far as I can make out, the women part of the company was a little in the dark. So Mel waited till ther... ...sh I had married a fishmonger! Silva, indeed, is a most excellent husband. Polished! such polish as you know not of in England. He has a way—a wriggle... ... creature. But, no. Evan would be out of the way there, certainly. But—our women are very nice: they have the dearest, sweetest ways: but I would rath... ...difference to expense, and the inexplicable minor characteristics, such as polished boots, and a striking wristband, and so forth, which will show a c... ...ding his hat to assume some- 101 George Meredith thing of the gentlemanly polish of its youth, and might have been observed now and then furtively ca...

...Excerpt: Chapter 1. Above Buttons. Long after the hours when tradesmen are in the habit of commencing business, the shutters of a certain shop in the town of Lymport-on-the-Sea remained significantly closed, and it became known that death had taken Mr. Melchisedec Harrington, and struck one off the ...

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The History of the Thirty Years' War in Germany

By: Friedrich Schiller

...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylva- nia State... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The History of the Thirty Years’ War by Friedrich Schiller Tran... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...of the Thirty Y ears’ War newly-organized state into the field of European politics. What this great prince had merely sketched in rude outline, was f... ...g involved in a tedious war with Poland, in which the whole of Livonia and Polish Prussia were successively conquered. Though constantly vic- torious,... ...erial troops 155 Friedrich Schiller had been despatched to the aid of the Polish king, Sigismund, to defend Prussia against the Swedes. When the king... ...ution of it. Charnasse, an unsuspected agent of the Cardinal, proceeded to Polish Prussia, where Gustavus Adolphus was conducting the war against Sigi... ... sacred, escaped the rapacity of the enemy. In a single church fifty-three women were found beheaded. The Croats amused themselves with throwing child... ...eeded the Swedish army, there were in the camp of Wallenstein about 15,000 women, with as many drivers, and nearly the same number in that of the Swed...

...ached poems or dramas have been translated at various times, and sometimes by men of eminence, since the first publication of the original works; and in several instances these versions have been incorporated, after some revision or necessary correction, into the following collection; but on the other hand a large proportion of the contents have been specially translated f...

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The 9/11 Commission Report Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States

By: Thomas H. Kean

...HE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin’s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (1988–1992... ...Declaring War on the United States (1992–1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda’s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996–1998) 63 3. COUNTERTERRORISM EVOLVES 71 3.1 From t... ...First World Trade Center Bombing 71 3.2 Adaptation—and Nonadaptation— ...in the Law Enforcement Community 73 3.3 . . . and in the Federal Aviation... ... religious and polit- ical pluralism, the plebiscite, and equal rights for women. It makes no dis- tinction between military and civilian targets. Col... ...ate and nearly cloudless in the eastern United States. Millions of men and women readied themselves for work. Some made their way to the T win T owers... ...ab oil states or to the West. Furthermore, the repression and isolation of women in many Muslim countries have not only seriously limited individual o... ...existence as a nation, Pakistan’s identity had derived from Islam, but its politics had been decidedly secular.The army was—and remains—the country’s ... ...0s onward, religion had become an increasingly powerful force in Pakistani politics.After a coup in 1977, military leaders turned to Islamist groups f... ...ween Atta and an Iraqi intelligence officer (discussed in chapter 7) and a Polish report that personnel at the headquarters of Iraqi intelligence in B...

... a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin?s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (1988?1992) 55 2.4 Building an Organization, Declaring War on the United States (1992?1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda?s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996?1998) 63 3. COUNTERTERR...

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