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There was a palpable “Eureka moment” for many Americans when the 9/11 Commission’s long-awaited report was published in the summer of 2004. The confusion was cleared, the mystery was solved, the threat defined and a clear strategy to confront it proposed. The enthusiasm was general, and the report became an instant bestseller.
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El-Affendi, A. (2009). The War of Ideas as Therapy: Reflections on a Eureka Moment in the “War on Terror”. In: Patterson, E.D., Gallagher, J. (eds) Debating the War of Ideas. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230101982_12
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