Al-Qaeda Goes to College: Impact of the War on Terror on American Higher Education (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780313364280)

This volume is the first book-length treatment of how the 9/11 attacks and the American political scene afterward have affected higher education in this country. It covers topics such as: universities' roles in training counter-terrorism experts, particularly anthropologists working in Iraq and Afghanistan; bio-terrorism research on campuses; inflammatory critiques by the likes of Ward Churchill; the conspiracy theories advocated by some academics regarding 9/11; lawsuits against universities by terror victims trying to get settlements from countries like Iran by seizing archaeological artifacts in American universities; accused Islamists teaching at American colleges, like Sami al-Arian at USF.

Author: James Castagnera
ISBN-10: 0313364281
ISBN-13: 9780313364280
Publisher: Praeger
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2009
Pages: 216
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.40w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2009 pg. 224