Against All Enemies | Teaching Key Figures

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

Richard Clarke - This person is the focus of the book, and works under four different Presidents, mainly in counter-terrorism.

President Ronald Reagan - This person helps quell the Cold War with diplomacy and by helping Afghanistan fight against Russia.

President George Herbert Walker Bush - This person is President when the U.S. leads an attack on Iraq in response to Iraq's attack on Kuwait.

President William Jefferson Clinton - This person serves two terms that deal with the rise of terrorist groups and an assassination attempt on an ex-President.

President George W....
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