Historical Nemesis - The Post World War - Lecture Notes, Study notes of History

Download Historical Nemesis - The Post World War - Lecture Notes and more Study notes History in PDF only on Docsity! Origin of 911 (VI): Historical Nemesis? Key Terms: Historic Nemesis, invisible hands, Gulf War, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Key Persons: St Joan of Arc Key Places: Cuba, Philippines, Central America, Korea, Vietnam I. Historic Nemesis: The Invisible Hands  The Folklore Wisdom – Historic Nemesis  Nemesis: no one planned it at all?!  Karma of USA:  Long-term: Killings in the Empire Building (Cuba, Philippines, Central America)  Short-term: Killings in the Cold War (Korea, Vietnam)  Immediate: Killings in the Gulf War; Bias in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict  911 will happen anyway; will happen again anyway  Distance 911 from regimes/ political authorities; associate 911 with voluntary/ personal actions  Historical Similarities: Miracle of St Joan of Arc II. Summary of the Micro Origins: 911 happened this way because  Al-Qaeda organized it:  Goals on Paper (Omar Doctrine)  Goals by Research (Grand Strategy)  Conspiracy Theory  America Organized it:  Conspiracy Theory  Invisible Hands, voluntary actions III. Discussion, Q&A IV. Introduction to Next Week: Distinctiveness of the 911 Terrorist Attack Question: (1) Who is/are the real organizers of 911? Do you consider the plan successful? What are its defects? Supplementary Reading: Charles Hill: “A Herculean Task: The Myth and Reality of Arab Terrorism.” Talbott, Strobe and Chanda, Nayan. Ed. The Age of Terror: America and the World after September 11. Yale: The Perseus Press: 2001. P.81-111. Docsity.com