Liberty in 1967 during Israel's Six-Day War with its neighbors in the Middle East. Perhaps the reason is found in the fact that Johnson was good friends with Zionists like Mathilde Krim (ex-member of the Irgun, who spent time with Johnson in the White House during the war) (Segev 383)
Each is situated in its own particular political and social era. The CW emerged in the post-WW2 years and was inextricably linked with a number of dynamic variables then shaping the global geopolitical spectrum: these variables included the rise of the Military-Industrial Complex, identified by Eisenhower as a threat to global peace and American security/prosperity in his outgoing speech on the eve of his departure from the White House (Stone, Kuznick); also included was the propaganda campaign regarding the containment of Communism (even though this was not an issue in WW2, as the U
Therefore, the major interest groups surrounding the 9/11 Commission included the victims and their families, established government agencies, and religious and social organizations. Family groups comprised a bulk of 9/11 Commission impetus, and their voices led to meaningful policy change (Bolton, 2008)
Counterterrorism generally refers to intelligence and strategy specifically devoted to identifying and responding to threats, both domestic and international. Prior to September 11, and especially before the 1990s, counterterrorism focused on external regional conflicts such as those in the Middle East (May, 2007, p
How did he become a leader in the terrorist world? Usama bin Ladin (Osama bin Laden) was the son of a poor Yemeni laborer who worked his way to the top of a major construction company in Saudi Arabia, thereby endearing himself with the Saudi royal family. His father's construction company eventually received every construction contract in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, providing the foundations for the future terrorist leader's economic and political connections ("A Biography of Osama bin Laden," n