The Age of Terror
America and the World After September 11

Here, an agenda-setting team of experts looks at how terrorism can be understood, contained, and ultimately defeated. Eight historians and policymakers address this question and examine the considerations and objectives of policy decisions in post-September 11 America.

An agenda-setting team of experts looks at how terrorism can be understood, contained, and ultimately defeated. September 11 marked the beginning of a new era--an age of terror in which counter-terrorism will be one of the highest priorities of national governments and international institutions. How we proceed in this new war depends in large measure on the answer to a prior question: what exactly happened here and why? In The Age of Terror, eight leading historians and policymakers address this question and examine the considerations and objectives of policy decisions in post-September 11 America. Co-published with the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization