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Section III (Peace and Conflict): Conflict in the Gulf 1980-2011
Quick questions on 9/11 and the War on Terror: HSC Modern History Conflict in the Gulf
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What are iraq from the first weeks?Show answer
The Bush administration considered Iraq from the first hours after 9/11. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's notes from the afternoon of 11 September 2001 read: "Go massive. Sweep it all up. Things related and not."
What is the Axis of Evil speech?Show answer
President Bush's State of the Union address on 29 January 2002 named Iraq, Iran, and North Korea as states pursuing WMD that supported terror, calling them "an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world."
What is q1?Show answer
Source A is Bush's Axis of Evil speech (29 January 2002). Using Source A and your own knowledge, explain the development of the Bush Doctrine. [5 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
Evaluate the extent to which 9/11 transformed American foreign policy. [25 marks]
What is q3?Show answer
Compare the views of Bob Woodward and Melvyn Leffler on the Bush administration's road to war. [10 marks]
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