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Main Collection September 11 Resources The following is a selective annotated bibliography of books in the James Earl Carter Library's Main Collection (i.e. second floor books available for checkout) relevant to the September 11 crimes. These particular books were chosen because they are recent and particularly relevant. This is not by any means a complete listing of all Main Collection books related to the topics of terrorism, Afghanistan, or any other topics relevant to recent events; for a full listing the reader should perform keyword searching in the online catalog. Ahmed, Samina and David Cortright,
editors. Pakistan and the Bomb: Public Opinion and Nuclear
Options. University of Notre Dame Press: Notre Dame, IN, 1998. One of many books donated to the library by President Jimmy Carter, this scholarly reader is a compendium of essays on the subject of Pakistan's entry into the nuclear arms race. Though not likely to greatly aid a cursory paper, it is one of the best sources in the library for a scholarly reference on nuclear weapons in the Islamic world. Cortright, David, editor. The
Sanctions Decade: Assessing UN Strategies in the 1990s.
Lynne Rienner Publishers: Boulder, CO, 2000. A series of essays about the effects of nations around the world upon which the U.N. has imposed sanctions and most relevant to a paper on the effectiveness of sanctions. The only part specific to Afghanistan is to be found in the chapter "Taming Terrorism: Sanctions Against Libya, Sudan, and Afghanistan" (begins page 107, with pages 127-34 dealing exclusively with Taliban governed Afghanistan), by authors Jaleh Dashti Gibson and Ricard Conroy. Curran, Jim. K2: the Story of
the Savage Mountain. Mountaineers Press: Seattle, 1995. Though it may seem odd to include the tale of a mountain climber in Pakistan in the holdings for international terrorism centered in Afghanistan, this book was chosen for its insight into the Himalyas. It provides a very interesting account of the cultures, geography, and geology of the mountain range which form much of the the eastern border (and incredible natural fortification) of Afghanistan. Esposito, John. Oxford
History of Islam. New York: Oxford University
Press, 1999. John Esposito is an internationally famed scholar in Islamic history and current Middle Eastern issues. This volume is a copiously illustrated overview of the religion from its desert origins to the modern world. Johnston, Douglas and Cynthia
Sampson, eds. Religion, The Missing Dimension of
Statecraft. New York: Oxford University Press,
1994. McGuckin, Frank, ed. Terrorism
in the United States. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1997. Magnus, Ralph and Eden Naby. Afghanistan:
Mullah, Marx, and Mujahid. Westview Press: Boulder, CO, 1998. The most up to date of the James Earl Carter Library's books on the recent history of Afghanistan, it covers the nation through the Soviet wars until just after the Taliban takeover of 1996 (after which the legion of articles on various GALILEO databases can supply the story). An extremely interesting book written by scholars for lay readers; co-author Dr. Naby is a Princeton professor who spent much time undercover in Afghanistan shortly after the Soviet invasion and to whom the news crew of 60 Minutes state without qualification that they owe their lives. This book is fascinating as history, cultural study, and background to current events and without competition the most heavily recommended in our library to anybody hoping to understand the events in recent Afghanistan. Solomon, Brian, editor. Chemical
and Biological Warfare. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1999. One of the greatest concerns of the war on confrontation is that terrorist networks have the capability for chemical and biological attacks. (The first use of force on a bin Laden connected target was the bombing of a pharmaceuticals factory in Khartoum suspected of manufacturing nerve gas and other chemical weaponry.) This is a series of essays discussing the recent "advances" in and dangers of this form of warfare. Winters, Paul A. Islam:
Opposing Viewpoints. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven
Press, 1995.
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