The American government’s response to 9/11 (both domestically and internationally). How has this event changed the American psyche (particularly that of the current government leadership)?

US policy and American psyche after September 11 , 2001

Introduction

Its almost 6 years since four planes were hijacked on a fateful Tuesday morning of September 11 , 2001 and spawned an unprecedented catastrophe that changed the US and the ensuing world . The terrorist attack on World Trade Center and Pentagon on September 11 , 2001 was among the most significant events in the history of United States of America . The attack had profound affect on American people , their life and views and their contextual perception of the world in which they lived . It

was a momentous jolt that shook every aspect of American attitude and philosophy and its social , political and economical dimensions Further , the effects of attack also refocused and redirected America 's foreign policy that was going through a phase of relative indecision after the end of cold war , since 1990 (Gareau , 2004 . The heat generated by the attack galvanized American political and strategic interests illuminating the course of their path through initial phase of the 21st century , while clearly identifying their goals and possible achievements

The September 11 , 2001 attack brought in question the direction of US diplomacy in correlation to world politics and the political Islam especially of the Middle East . Initially the attack generated the predictable set of queries on its immediate cause and possible government failure in prevention and containment . It also brought in focus the more lasting questions of vulnerabilities of a democratic structure , the relevance and necessity of a global coalition against rising threats of structured terrorism and the dynamics of various regional conflicts , especially the Israel and Palestine conflict in middle east and Balkan conflict in Eastern Europe (Gtzkay and Walker 2003

Indeed the complete implication of the attack and its full set of consequences are yet not manifest and like effect of Hiroshima attack would continue to appear in decades coming ahead . Yet , from the moment the attacks were made , it was implicit that in a highly globalized interconnected and inter-dependent world , their effect would not be limited to the US alone . The fact that United States is at the center of world 's economic system and is a powerful force guiding global political strategy ensured that a disturbance in this center would consequently affect a great number of nations and people (Crockatt , 2003 Eventually , the later incidences have proved that indeed the effect of attacks have spread to a wider horizon . The US response of attack saw changing of world political and strategic , with end of Taliban rule in Afghanistan and termination of Saddam Hussein rule in Iraq which in itself is one of the most significant incidences of this decade . And yet , there are no signs that world has seen end of the consequences that September 11 attacks have instigated

This purpose of this is to study the impact of the 9 /11 attacks on shaping the psyche of American people , both from the immediate and the long-term perspective . Further it shall also focus on the...