Description
The essay is on the topic of US National Security and terrorism in the 21st century. The social discipline of focus in this essay will be History. The paper presents this topic and the general questions that you need to answer in the essay: What are some terrorist threats against national security? What are the strategies and policies proposed by the US government and its agencies to fight terrorism? It should also set the topic in its proper context (usually its historical context). It must provide an analysis of the topic and its causes, and analyze its evolution over time and its impact on American society. For the paper, you should present the major findings, analyses, and conclusions from the sources provided in the outline (do not provide other sources!) and the sources should be used equally in your analysis. Make sure that the paper answers the previous two questions. You should write the paper according to the proper social science methodology (page layout, referencing with proper in-text citations, bibliography, etc.).
Outline of the paper:
Introduction: Definitions and brief explanations of national security and Terrorism
Source: National Security sixth edition (2018) Author: Donald M. Snow
Brief Historical Background of terrorism and how it has affected US National Security
Source 1: Crimes of Power & States of Impunity: The U.S Response to Terror (2009) Author: Michael Welch
Source 2: Equal Justice in the Balance: America’s Legal Responses to the emerging terrorist threat (2004) Authors: Raneta Lawson Mack and Michael J. Kelly
September 11, 2001, Terrorist Attack and its implications on National Security
Source 1: The Politics of Terror: The US Response to 9/11
Source 2: Blinking Red: Crisis and comprise in American Intelligence After 9/11 (2013) Author: Michael Allen
Iraq War, Osama Bin Laden, and Saddam Hussein
Source: Intelligence and the Iraq and Afghanistan wars (2016) Author: Richard H. Immerman
Presidential Power during the Bush and Obama regimes
Source: Power without Constraint: The Post 9/11 Presidency and National Security (2016) Author: Chris Edelson
Organization
Introduction: Introduce the topic, provide the two questions that the paper will answer, and provide a thesis statement.
Supporting paragraphs: Provide an appropriate number of paragraphs, each paragraph relates to the thesis (they begin with a topic sentence; they provide evidence (in-text citations), and they analyze evidence). Each paragraph ends with a concluding sentence.