Distinctiveness of 911 (III): The Anti-Climax
Key Terms: Traditionalists, Revisionists, Chinese Nationalists, Heretic Sects,
European Socialism
Key Persons: Timur the Great
Key Places: Timur Empire
I. “Expectations” after 911
Traditionalists: the full-scale fight back of USA
Revisionists: the “next strike” from terrorists
“Chinese Nationalists”: remaking of world power distribution
Heretic Sects: “revolution of human order”
II. The Irony of Anti-climax in History
Signs of Historic Change Vs Prolonged Old Order
Potential Conquest of China by Timur the Great (1336-1405)
Hindered Spread of European Socialism (1945-1948)
Hong Kong under Tung Chee-wah?
Why was it anti-climax? duration, interpretation, and facts
Impacts on Global Order, and others, as it current stands
III. Group Presentation
IV. Introduction to Next Week: Impacts on Global Order – American
Unilateralism
Question: (1) What was you expecting to observe after 911 right at the beginning?
Do the actual facts contrast against your own expectation?
Supplementary Reading: Paul Reynolds: “Washington Readies for War.” The Day
That Shock the World: Understanding September 11th. Ed. Jenny Baxter and Malcolm
Downing. London: BBC, 2001. P.84-98.
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