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57 recorded video lessons, organized into five units and categorized thematically. (They are listed below).
You can watch the lessons at your own pace, at any time. There is no time limit for completion and the whole course is available at once (it's not released in "drips").
Some lessons include source documents for downloads or external links to relevant material.
Lists of sources and suggestions for further reading.
Access (via Discord) to a forum for follow-up Q&A with Dr. Munger.
Easy, intuitive interface on this site.
No "homework" or tests.
Note: course is not eligible for university or institutional credit.
Unit I: The Building Blocks
1: Intro & Road Map
2: Foundations of Islamism
3: A Primer on Modern Middle Eastern History
4: Ayman Al-Zawahiri & the Egyptian Islamists
5: The Saudi Kingdom
6: The Bin Laden Family
7: Osama bin Laden
8: Modern Afghanistan
9: War & Peace Between Israel & Palestine
Unit II: The Pre-9/11 World
10: The Grand Mosque Seizure
11: The Afghan-Soviet War
12: The Assassination of Sadat
13: The Mujaheddin & U.S. Support
14: Reagan & Bush I Approach to Terrorism
15: The Foundation of Al-Qaeda
16: The Fall of Communism
17: The Persian Gulf War
18: Osama bin Laden in Exile
19: The Battle of Mogadishu
20: Clinton Approach to Terrorism
21: The Oslo Accords & Rabin Assassination
Unit III: Al-Qaeda Rising
22: Ramzi Yousef
23: The 1993 World Trade Center Bombing
24: Khaled Sheikh Mohammed
25: The Bojinka & Millennium Plots
26: Millenarianism, 1400 & Y2K
27: The Taliban
28: The Northern Alliance
29: Mullah Omar
30: Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan
31: Bin Laden’s Declarations of War
Unit IV: Planning & Strategy
32: Genesis of the Planes Operation
33: Ramzi bin-al-Shibh
34: Bin Laden’s Strategic Thinking (Or Lack Thereof)
35: Textural Analysis—Contradictory Motives?
36: Mohammed Atta
37: The European Terror Cells
38: Khobar Towers & Nairobi Attacks
39: Clinton’s Retaliation
40: The Iraq & WMD Distractions
41: The Issue of Iraq-Al-Qaeda Connections
42: The USS Cole Attack
43: The Election of 2000 & George Bush II
44: Bush-Bin Laden Family Connections
45: The Strategic Thinking of Cheney, Rice & Wolfowitz
46: Project for a New American Century
Unit V: Execution
47: Functional Planning of the Attack
48: The Other Hijackers
49: Zaccarias Moussaoui
50: The 8/6/01 PDB and “Foreknowledge” Issue
51: The Deal Between bin Laden & Omar
52: The Assassination of Ahmad Massoud
53: The Conspiracy Theories
54: The Put Options Mystery
55: Eve of the Attacks
56: September 11, 2001
57: Conclusion
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Enrollment in the course costs $397 one-time.
The initial cohort of this course is limited to 50 people (+/-). If registration closes before you are able to get a seat, the course will be offered again in the coming weeks or months. There will be another chance.
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From there, you'll have 24/7 access to all the course materials and can go through everything at your own pace.
Registration is open until all available spots are taken.