September 11, 2001
Reports from New York, Washington, and beyond.
By The New Yorker
September 17, 2001
newyorker.com/magazine/from-our-correspondents/september-11-2001
"In 1999, Joseph C. Cyrulik, a military analyst, published an article in an Army journal entitled 'Asymmetric Warfare and the Threat to the American Homeland':
"'By killing and wounding people, damaging and destroying their homes and communities, disrupting their jobs and economic livelihoods and undermining their confidence and sense of security, an enemy can inflict pain to the point that the people demand a change in the government’s policies.
"'Used at the right time and place . . . an attack could destroy the people’s faith in their government, in their military, and in themselves. It could be a decisive attack against the political will of an entire populace.'"
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