| Book Review | The Journal of American History, 91.3

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Book Review

September 11 in History: A Watershed Moment? Ed. by Mary L. Dudziak. (Durham: Duke University Press, 2003. 240 pp. Cloth, $79.95, ISBN 0-8223-3229-9. Paper, $22.95, ISBN 0-8223-3242-6.)
In the last few years, there have been several important scholarly anthologies that address the meaning and impact of the September 11 attacks. This valuable addition to that literature, edited by the legal scholar Mary L. Dudziak, will work very well in both undergraduate and graduate courses. The collection pays close attention to legal and policy responses to the attacks; it is also focused primarily on the United States, though the examinations of Islam and of international law push those boundaries.	1
Collectively the contributors address the question of whether September 11 was a "watershed moment" in history. Most argue that in essence it was not; the claim for a historical rupture belies the realities of multiple historical continuities in U.S. foreign policy and cultural history. The ten articles fall into three categories: first, cultural and historical analyses of the terms of the debates about terrorism and U.S. foreign policy; second, consideration of Islamic responses to the attacks; and, third, analyses of the legal and juridical problems that have emerged in the war on terrorism.	. . .

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