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Author
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
Describes the life of the young Pakistani student who advocated for women's rights and education in the Taliban-controlled Swat Valley, survived an assassination attempt, and became the youngest nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Author
Series
Publisher
Mason Crest
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
80 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Following the al Qaeda terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the U.S. government convened a special commission to investigate the intelligence failure that allowed the attacks to happen. Known informally as the 9/11 Commission, its report concluded among other things that "none of the measures adopted by the U.S. government before 9/11 disturbed or even delayed the progress of the al Qaeda plot." An important step toward addressing this failure...
Author
Series
Publisher
Mason Crest
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
80 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001-the worst ever on U.S. soil-highlighted a dangerous vulnerability in America's protection strategies. The big question everyone was asking was how could a country with the world's most formidable armed forces have found itself so defenseless against determined-but relatively poorly equipped-enemies? Formed in direct response to the 2001 attacks, the Department of Homeland Security was intended to make sure...
