• The Middle East Studies Program
      at the University of Virginia

       
       
      Teach-In II
      Resources and Recommended Readings
      This page will be continuously updated as more materials become available

       
       

      The following resources have been provided by our panelists and are intended to be a guide to facilitate further study on the causes and consequences of the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001.  Given the broad focus of the topics covered in each of the panels, these resources are intended to allow interested individuals the tools for navigating the complexities of all relevant social, political, economic, and religious aspects involved.
       
       
      Panel I:  The Origins and Ideology of Militant Islam
      Peter Ochs: Religious Fundamentalism as a Global Phenomenon
      The main source is the sixth volume of the Fundamentalism Project edited by Martin E. Marty and R. Scott Appleby (Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press).
      A couple of other helpful titles introducing the topic of Global Fundamentalism are:
      Norman J. Cohen, The Fundamentalist Phenomenon (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1990)
      Bruce Lawrence, Defenders of God (New York: Harper and Row, 1989)
      George Marsden, Fundamentalism and American Culture (New York: Oxford University, 1980)
      Mark Noll, A History of Christianity in the United States and Canada (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans,1992)
      Nancy Ammerman, Bible Believers: Fundamentalists in the Modern World (New Brunswick: Rutgers University, 1987)
      Menachem Friedman and Emmanuel Sivon, Religious Extremism and Politics in the Middle East (New York: SUNY Press, 1991)
      Samuel Heilman, Defenders of the Faith (New York: Schocken, 1992)
      Jack Wertheimer, The ses of Tradition: Jewish Continuity in the Modern Era (Cambridge: Harvard University, 1992)
      Henry Munson, Islam and Revolution in the Middle East (New Haven: Yale University, 1988)

       
      Aziz Sachedina: The Theology of Militant Islam
      John Voll, "Fundamentalism in the Sunni Arab World: Egypt and the Sudan," pp. 345-402
      Abdulaziz Sachedina: "Activist Shi`ism in Iran, Iraq, and Lebanon," pp. 403-456,

      Both of these are in Fundamentalisms Observed (Chicago, 1991)

      Robert Fatton Jr.: Globalization, Poverty, and Terror
      Click here for a copy of Professor Fatton's talk (in .pdf format)

      David Waldner: Origins of Militant Islamist Movements
      Click here for a copy of Professor Waldner's talk (in .pdf format)
       

      Panel II: American Foreign Policy in the Middle East, 1945-2000
      John Owen: American Security Policy During the Cold War and After
      Click here for a copy of Professor Owen's talk (in .pdf format)

      David Waldner: Oil and Despots
      Click here for a copy of Professor Waldner's talk (in .pdf format)
       

      Panel III: A Discussion of Military and Diplomatic Options
      Marshall Brement: Strategy and Diplomacy in Dealing with Counterterrorism
      Click here for a copy of Professor Brement's talk (in .pdf format)

      Jeffrey Legro: Winning Wars: Then and Now
      Click here for a copy of Professor Legro's talk (in .pdf format)

      Dale Copeland: Pros and Cons of a Hard-Line Strategy
      Yossef Bodansky, Bin Laden: The Man who Declared War on the United States (Prima Press, 2001).
      Robert Jervis, Perception and Misperception in International Politics (Princeton University Press), esp. chap. 3.
      Ahmed Rashid, Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil, and Islamic Fundamentalism in Central Asia (Yale University Press, 2001).
      Click here for a copy of Professor Copeland's talk (in .pdf format)