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"The Global War on Terrorism: Rectifying a Failure of Imagination"

Smoke pours off one of the towers of the World Trade Center as flames explode from the second one as it is struck by a plane Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, after terrorists crashed planes into the buildings. The attack collapsed both buildings.
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"The Global War on Terrorism: Rectifying a Failure of Imagination"

Presentation

October 9. 2009

Author: Rolf Mowatt-Larssen, Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

 

Rolf Mowatt-Larssen analyzes U.S. policy and intelligence after 9/11.

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For Academic Citation:

Mowatt-Larssen, Rolf. "The Global War on Terrorism: Rectifying a Failure of Imagination." Presentation. October 9. 2009.

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