"WAR ON TERROR AND ITS IMPACT ON AMERICAN SOCIETY"

September 11, 2001 attacks are a crucial event that shaped the contemporary American reality. The attacks left a deep emotional scar and altered to a great extent the socio-political image of the United States of America. The American leadership did not wait for too long to provide an answer; Bush's doctrine of not giving in to terrorism was unified in a series od regulations and military operations called the War on terror. The War on terror has generated laws that decreased the probability of renewed attacks, but has also compromised basic human liberties. The polls that were conducted on annual basis after the attacks reaffirm the ambivalent stands of the American nation towards the introduced norms, and show that the public support for military intervention decreased throughout the years. Furthermore, a materialization of the effect of 9/11 attacks is the growing number of hate crimes targeted at the Muslim part of the American population. The analysis of the above presented attitudes and facts demonstrates that today, almost two decades after the attacks, the consequences of War on terror still form a great part of American every-day life.Napadi 11. rujna ključan su događaj koji je oblikovao suvremenu američku zbilju. „Napad na blizance“ ostavio je dubok emocionalni trag te znatno promijenio sociopolitičku sliku Sjedinjenih Američkih Država. Američki vrh nije dugo čekao na odgovor; Busheva doktrina nepopuštanja pred terorizmom objedinjena je u nizu regulativa i vojnih operacija nazvanih „Rat protiv terora“. Rat protiv terora generirao je brojne zakone koji su smanjili vjerojatnost opetovanih napada, ali i kompromitirali osnovne ljudske slobode. Ankete javnog mnijenja provođene nakon napada potvrđuju podvojene dojmove američkog stanovništva naspram uvedenih regulativa i pokazuju kako potpora vojnim operacijama godinama opada. Nadalje, materijalizacija utjecaja napada 9/11 uočljiva je u porastu broja zločina iz mržnje usmjerenih protiv muslimanskog djela američkog stanovništva. Analiza prethodno iznesenih stavova i činjenica pokazuje da danas, gotovo dva desetljeća nakon napada, posljedice Rata protiv terora još uvijek čine dio američke svakodnevice