War on Terror

Examples of War on Terror in the following topics:

• The War on Terror

  • The controversial War on Terror describes a struggle against those who harbor or provide support to terrorists.
  • The War on Terror (also known as the Global War on Terror) is a term commonly applied to an international military campaign led by the United States and the United Kingdom with the support of other NATO and non-NATO countries.
  • The Bush administration also stated the Iraq war was part of the War on Terror, something later contested.
  • Criticism of the War on Terror addresses the issues, morals, ethics, efficiency, economics, and other questions surrounding the War on Terror and made against the phrase itself, calling it a misnomer.
  • The "War on terror" has been seen as a pretext for reducing civil liberties.

• The War on Terrorism

  • The War on Terror refers to an international military campaign begun by the U.S. and the U.K. after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
  • The two main military operations associated with the War on Terror were Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom in Iraq.
  • The phrase "War on Terror" was first used by U.S.
  • The Bush administration also stated that the Iraq War was part of the War on Terror, a claim that was later questioned.
  • Identify the main elements of U.S. foreign policy during the War on Terror

• Terrorism

  • The threat of terrorism is one of the greatest challenges facing the United States and the international community.
  • The threat of terrorism is one of the greatest challenges facing the United States and the international community.
  • These attacks marked the beginning of the "War on Terror," an international military campaign led by the United States and the United Kingdom (with the support of NATO and non-NATO allies) against Al-Qaeda and other associated militant organizations with the stated goal of eliminating them.
  • The War on Terror would include the military campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq .
  • Discuss the War on Terror campaign against religious fundamentalist groups and individuals who engage in terrorism

• September 11th and the War on Terror

  • The attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001 led to a restructuring of the U.S. government and the initiation of the War on Terror.
  • The United States responded to the attacks by launching the "War on Terror" and invading Afghanistan to depose the Taliban, who were accused of harboring al-Qaeda.
  • The Bush administration stated the Iraq War was part of the War on Terror, something that was later contested.
  • The use of unconstitutional wire taps to prosecute the war on terrorism was only one way the new threat challenged authorities in the United States.
  • Criticism of the War on Terror addresses the issues, morals, ethics, efficiency, economics, and other questions surrounding the War on Terror and made against the phrase itself, calling it a misnomer.

• National Security Agency Surveillance

  • National Security Agency (NSA) as part of the war on terror.
  • After the 9/11 attacks, Congress passed the Patriot Act, which granted the President broad powers to fight a war against terrorism.
  • Bush administration used these powers to bypass the FISA court and directed the NSA to spy directly on al-Qaeda in a new NSA electronic surveillance program.
  • The Bush administration maintained that the authorized intercepts were not domestic but rather foreign intelligence integral to the conduct of war.
  • Summarize the history of the warrantless surveillance controversy and its relationship to the so-called war on terror

• Foreign Policy After the Cold War

  • Different challenges presented themselves, such as climate change and the threat of nuclear terrorism.
  • Regional powerbrokers in Iraq and Saddam Hussein challenged the peace with a surprise attack on the small nation of Kuwait in 1991.
  • The United States mostly scaled back its foreign policy budget as well as its cold war defense budget during the 1990s, which amounted to 6.5% of GDP while focusing on domestic economic prosperity under President Clinton, who succeeded in achieving a budget surplus for 1999 and 2000.
  • The military-industrial complexes have great impact on their countries and help shape their society, policy and foreign relations.
  • Furthermore, when no weapons of mass destruction were found after a military conquest of Iraq, there was worldwide skepticism that the war had been fought to prevent terrorism, and the continuing war in Iraq has had serious negative public relations consequences for the image of the United States.

• The Strategic Bombing of Europe

  • During World War II, the Allies used strategic bombing in Europe and Asia in order to impede the Axis infrastructure and war production capacities as well as terrorize civilians on enemy territories.
  • Strategic bombing during World War II was the sustained aerial attack on railways, harbors, cities, housing, and industrial districts on enemy territory.
  • Strategic bombing often involved bombing areas inhabited by civilians and sometimes bombing campaigns were deliberately designed to target civilian populations in order to terrorize, disorganize, and disrupt their usual activities.
  • On May 15, one day after the German bombing of Rotterdam, the RAF was given permission to attack targets in the Ruhr Area, including oil plants and other civilian industrial targets that aided the German war effort, including  self-illuminating blast furnaces.
  • Much of the doubt about the effectiveness of the bomber war comes from the oft-stated fact German industrial production increased throughout the war.

• Terrorism

  • Terrorism is the systematic use of terror, especially as a means of coercion.
  • Although the term lacks a universal definition, common definitions of terrorism refer to violent acts intended to create fear (terror).
  • The terms "terrorism" and "terrorist" carry strong negative connotations.
  • According to some definitions, clandestine or semi-clandestine state actors may also carry out terrorist acts outside the framework of a state of war.
  • Terrorist acts throughout the centuries have been performed on religious grounds with the hope to either spread or enforce a system of belief, viewpoint or opinion.

• White Terror

  • "White Terror" refers to white-supremacy groups formed in the South in reaction to recently freed African Americans after the Civil War.
  • During the later years of Reconstruction, the White League was one of the paramilitary groups described as, "the military arm of the Democratic Party."
  • Six well-educated Confederate veterans from Pulaski, Tennessee, created the original Ku Klux Klan on December 24, 1865, during Reconstruction of the South after the Civil War.
  • They burned houses and attacked and killed blacks, leaving their bodies on the roads.
  • Describe how white-supremacy groups responded to social and political changes after the Civil War

• The Effects of the Cold War

  • Following the Cold War, Russia cut military spending dramatically, and the adjustment was wrenching, as the military-industrial sector had previously employed one of every five Soviet adults and its dismantling left hundreds of millions throughout the former Soviet Union unemployed.
  • Because there was no formalized treaty ending the Cold War, the former superpowers have continued to various degrees—depending on their respective economies—to maintain and even improve or modify existing nuclear weapons and delivery systems.
  • The risk of nuclear terrorism by possible sub-national organizations or individuals is now a major concern.
  • The management of nuclear waste remains somewhat unresolved, depending very much on government policies.
  • Among the more specific consequences of the Cold War was a huge fiscal mortgage placed on many domestic economies.