World politics explainer: The twin-tower bombings (9/11)
- Written by Barbara Keys, Associate Professor of US and International History, University of Melbourne
South Tower being hit during the 9/11 attacks. The events of September 11 2001 has significantly shaped American attitudes and actions towards fighting terrorism, surveilling citizens and othering outsiders.NIST SIPA/Wikicommons
This article is part of our series of explainers on key moments in the past 100 years of world political history. In it,...
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