Modernization and development theory: is there a clash of civilizations?

And so the world changed, again. On September 11, 2001, terrorists hijacked four passenger jet-airliners and

flew three of them into targets in New York City and Washington, DC-one each into the twin towers of the World Trade Center and another into the Pentagon. The fourth airliner (which some believed was targeting the White House) crashed in a field in Pennsylvania.