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Did the US overreact to 9/11?

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Louise Richardson, the incoming vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford, has attracted controversy for suggesting the US overreacted to the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001.

Richardson is a well-respected expert on terrorism studies and made her comments in the context of a nuanced argument...

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