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On C-Span: The Historical Legacy of September 11

Mary L. Dudziak is Judge Edward J. and Ruey L. Guirado Professor of Law, History and Political Science at USC Law School. She blogs at Legal History Blog and was the editor of "September 11 in History: A Watershed Moment?"

Apparently airing this afternoon at 2:04 pm Eastern, on C-Span 3:  a plenary panel on The Historical Legacy of September 11, from this year's annual meeting of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations.  Speakers are:  Marilyn Young, NYU; Andrew Bacevich, Boston University, Melani McAlister, George Washington University, and yours truly.  The program is archived on the C-Span website.

Bacevich is especially compelling on this topic.  My remarks address the fusion of law and war in the post-9/11 years -- at home as well as on the battlefield.

Read entire article at Mary L. Dudziak at Legal History Blog