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2) Armed forces
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Pub
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Reviews the history of the United States armed forces as a whole, as well as of individual branches, and examines the qualifications, training, and activities of twenty-first century Special Forces soldiers.
5) Ground Zero
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Pub
Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on New York City, in which two airplanes were crashed into the World Trade Center, and the rescue and recovery work that occurred afterwards.
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Pub
Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the actions of emergency telephone operators, police officers, firefighters, trained dogs, and individual citizens who helped in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon on September 11, 2001.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Reviews the escalating actions of the United States in Afghanistan, using airstrikes and other tactics to eliminate the Taliban and its leader, Osama bin Laden, after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Looks at the history of homeland defense in the United States and changes that were made after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, especially the development of the Office of Homeland Security.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the events and immediate aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, in which planes were crashed into the Twin Towers buildings in New York City as well as into the Pentagon building near Washington, D.C.
11) United we stand
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes many of the things corporations and individuals did to help, both in the United States and in other countries, after the terrorist attacks of September 11, such as donating money, blood, food, and supplies, creating memorials, and volunteering in various capacities.
12) Weapons of war
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo & Daughters
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Briefly describes the history and gives examples of military weapons and technology including various types of ships, guns, missiles, planes, tanks, and weapons of mass destruction.
Author
Series
Global war on terrorism occasional paper volume 17
Publisher
Combat Studies Institute Press
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
15) Controversies
Author
Series
Publisher
Creative Education
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"An examination of controversial issues and events that have arisen during the ongoing war against Islamic extremists, spotlighting such topics as prisoner treatment and the invasion of Iraq"--Provided by publisher.