In the aftermath of September 11 we all instinctively felt that the world had utterly changed. In Britain at any rate that turned out not to be the case. After the initial shock, things carried on to some extent as before.
But the return to normality was illusory and short-lived. September 11 indeed created new and frightening structures.
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