Episode Notes

Part 1. Terrorism: A Backgrounder
Introduction to the series and the concept of terrorism.

• Gwynne Dyer on September 11th and the need to balance perspectives in dealing with terrorism.


• Noam Chomsky, excerpts from The New War on Terrorism: Fact and Fiction, recorded October 18, 2001 (Alternative Radio).


• The Bush doctrine of American Internationalism: a background for understanding the war on terrorism (State of the Union Address, February 27, 2001).