you are required to read the report, “Domestic Terrorism: An Overview” and watch the documentary “America, After 9/11”, and write a 3-4 page (double-space 12-point font) analytical response paper. Your paper should capture your general reflections on the documentary (both analytical and emotive) and address the of the questions listed below.
Read: Bjelopera, Jerome. 2017. “Domestic Terrorism: An Overview” (***Read Pages 1-35***)https://ia.eferrit.com/ea/55afd61557b20ef2.pdfLinks to an external site.
Watch: America After 9/11 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5iBxva_pm8Links to an external site.
Feature-length documentary draws on both new interviews and those from the dozens of documentaries made in the years since 9/11. “America After 9/11” offers a two-hour re-examination of the decisions that changed the world and transformed America — from the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and beyond to the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol — and the ongoing challenges that legacy poses for the U.S. president and the country.
Points to reflect upon in your response paper:
Critical Analysis: What did you find the most interesting about the documentary? Where did it fall short?
U.S. Response Evaluation: How effective do you think the United States’ response was to the global terrorist threat post-9/11? Can you identify one notable strength and one significant weakness of the U.S. response?
Contemporary Repercussions: What is your analysis of the documentary’s argument that the conduct of post-9/11 wars has influenced events like the Capitol siege? How might specific policies or actions taken during the post-9/11 wars have contributed to the political and social climate that led to such contemporary events?
Current Threats: Drawing on Jerome Bjelopera’s “Domestic Terrorism: An Overview” (especially pages 1-35), how do the current threats of domestic terrorism compare to the global terrorist threats addressed in the documentary? What lessons can be drawn from the post-9/11 response in addressing these current threats?
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