Resources
Books & Articles
Beinart, Peter. “Can the Democrats Fight?,” Washington Post, December 8th, 2004.
Describes how insistence on human rights as a basis for Cold War engagement can be applied to the current war on terror.
Cohen, Andrew. “Extraordinary Rendition.” CBS News. February 18th, 2005.
Cole, David. Enemy Aliens: Double Standards and Constitutional Freedoms in the War on Terrorism. New York:New Press, 2003.
Audrey Kurth Cronin, Audrey Kurth. The Diplomacy of Counterterrorism: Lessons Learned, Ignored, and Disputed, Special Report No. 80. The United States Institute of Peace, January 14th, 2002.
Dempsey, James X. and David Cole. Terrorism and the Constitution: Sacrificing Civil Liberties in the Name of National Security, New York: New Press, 2006.
Dudziak, Mary L., ed. September 11 in History: A Watershed Moment? Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2003.
Etzioni, Amitai. How Patriotic is the Patriot Act: Freedom Versus Security in the Age of Terrorism. New York: Routledge, 2004.
Fisher, Louis. Presidential War Power. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2nd rev. ed., 2004.
Greenberg, Karen J., ed. The Torture Debate in America. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Human Rights Watch. In the Name of Counter-Terrorism: Human Rights Abuses Worldwide, A Human Rights Watch Briefing Paper for the 59th Session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights.
Describes human rights abuses resulting from post September 11 counter terrorism policies and laws across the world.
Lieven, Anatol. “Bush Spurns Cold War Lessons.”
Describes one author’s views on how the war on terrorism resembles the Cold War more than World War I or II.
Mayer, Jane. “Outsourcing Torture: The Secret History Of America’s “Extraordinary Rendition” Program.” The New Yorker, February 14th, 2005.
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks. The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (W.W. Norton & Co., 2004).
Rethinking Schools. War, Terrorism, and Our Classrooms: Teaching in the Aftermath of the September 11 Tragedy, Tushnet, Mark, ed. The Constitution in Wartime: Beyond Alarmism and Complacency. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2005.
A special issue of the quarterly journal, Rethinking Schools, includes numerous teaching ideas.
Primary Documents
U.S. Supreme Court Cases
Ex parte Quirin, 317 U.S. 1, (1942)
Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, Docket No. 05-184, Argued March 28, 2006--Decided June 29th, 2006.
In re Yamashita 327 U.S. 1 (1946)
Johnson v. Eisentrager, 339 U.S. 763 (1950)
Laws
Articles of War, 10 U.S.C. Sec. 821
Articles of War, 10 U.S.C. Sec. 836
Authorization for Use of Military Force, S.J. 23, Public law No. 107-40
Detainee Treatment Act of 2005
Geneva Convention Relative to Treatment of Prisoners of War
President’s Military Order of November 13, 2001
U.S.A. PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act
Web Sites
Cold War: From Yalta to Malta (CNN)
This companion Web site includes interactive maps, online archival footage, and information about he key Cold War players.
Counterterrorism Policy
Resources linked from The Jurist
The Counterterrorism Blog
A multi expert blog devoted to counterterrorism.
Federation of American Scientists
The “Intelligence” section of this Web site includes Congressional Research Service Reports about the USA PATRIOT Act, including “USA PATRIOT ACT Reauthorization In Brief,” current intelligence news, and executive orders and directives.
ICJ E-Bulletin on Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights.
This bulletin from the International Commission of Jurists describes trials and terrorism charges and the effects of implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1373, described in the Scheppele article. It offers Press Releases about its findings and links to other information about the interplay between international law, human rights, and domestic terrorism laws across the globe.
Patriot Debates: A Source Blog
A blog describing the pre reauthorization debate.
Redefining Torture
Justice Talking audio program about the torture debate. Please note, this Web page contains a graphic image that may be unsuitable for students.
Remembering Pearl Harbor.
National Geographic’s Web sited devoted to exploring Pearl Harbor.
September 11, 2001
Coverage from the Washington Post.
September 11, 2001, Special Coverage
Coverage of the events of September 11 from the Online Newshour.
United Nations. Counter-Terrorism Committee Web Site.
Described in the Scheppele article, this committee is charged with overseeing country implementation of its resolution (1373). The site includes country specific reports about its implementation progress.
University of Michigan War Against Terrorism Website
U. S. Department of Justice on USA PATRIOT Act
War Against Terror
CNN coverage of the September 11 attacks and aftermath.]
War in Iraq
The New Yorker’s complete coverage of the war in Iraq
