An autumn of war: what America learned from September 11 and the war on terrorism

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Chronology of events -- Introduction : Why September 11 won't go away -- I. September. 1. What are we made of? -- 2. Western nations are slow to anger, but lethal in their fury -- 3. Cornered -- 4. Great leaders are forged in war -- 5. War myths -- 6. Pseudo-military history -- 7. General Sherman, the Western way of war, and September 11 -- 8. What if? -- 9. What would Churchill say? -- II. October. 10. On gorgons and furies -- 11. Cognitive dissonance -- 12. What made them do their duty? -- 13. Tragedy or therapy? -- 14. War on all fronts -- 15. Truth and consequences -- 16. The time machine -- 17. If this be war -- 18. Class war -- 19. Ripples of battle -- III. November. 20. War talk -- 21. The Dogs of war -- 22. Heads, they win -- 23. More an Okinawa than a Vietnam? -- 24. Five not-so-easy pieces -- 25. They're back! -- 26. The time is now -- 27. A voice from the past -- 28. The more things change -- IV. December. 29. Questions not asked -- 30. Dates in infamy -- 31. The pied piper of Tora Bora -- 32. Our Jurassic Park -- 33. Odd couple out -- 34. Pillars of ignorance -- 35. The iron veil -- 36. Glad we are not fighting ourselves -- 37. It really is your father's Europe -- 38. Winners and losers.;On September 11, 2001, hours after the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, the author wrote an article in which he asserted that the United States, like it or not, was now at war and had the moral right to respond with force. This book, which opens with that first essay, will stimulate readers across the political spectrum to think more deeply about the attacks, the war, and their lessons for all of us. Chronology of events -- Introduction : Why September 11 won't go away -- I. September. 1. What are we made of? -- 2. Western nations are slow to anger, but lethal in their fury -- 3. Cornered -- 4. Great leaders are forged in war -- 5. War myths -- 6. Pseudo-military history -- 7. General Sherman, the Western way of war, and September 11 -- 8. What if? -- 9. What would Churchill say? -- II. October. 10. On gorgons and furies -- 11. Cognitive dissonance -- 12. What made them do their duty? -- 13. Tragedy or therapy? -- 14. War on all fronts -- 15. Truth and consequences -- 16. The time machine -- 17. If this be war -- 18. Class war -- 19. Ripples of battle -- III. November. 20. War talk -- 21. The Dogs of war -- 22. Heads, they win -- 23. More an Okinawa than a Vietnam? -- 24. Five not-so-easy pieces -- 25. They're back! -- 26. The time is now -- 27. A voice from the past -- 28. The more things change -- IV. December. 29. Questions not asked -- 30. Dates in infamy -- 31. The pied piper of Tora Bora -- 32. Our Jurassic Park -- 33. Odd couple out -- 34. Pillars of ignorance -- 35. The iron veil -- 36. Glad we are not fighting ourselves -- 37. It really is your father's Europe -- 38. Winners and losers.