America's War On Terrorism

Pre-University Paper from the year 2014 in the subject History - America, grade: 15 Punkte, , course: Wissenschaftspropädeutisches Seminar "The USA as a World Power - on the Rise or on the Decline?, language: English, abstract: This term paper gives a short overview on the War on Terrorism, on how it has developed and what successes were achieved as well as what sacrifices had to be made.How did it affect America's position as the world's leading superpower? Did it strengthen it? Weaken it? Ruin it? Are the United States still a world power?"I can hear you. The rest of the world hears you. And the people who knocked these buildings down will hear from all of us soon." - President George W. Bush, Ground Zero, September 14th, 2001.