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In years to come, September 11 may well be seen as a day, not unlike the day of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, when the world changed. The wide range of books that were published in response to the terrible events of that day give us an opportunity not only to read first-person accounts of what happened, but also to step back and take a look at why it happened.
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What happened:
Out of the Blue: The Story of September 11, 2001, From Jihad to Ground Zero, by Richard Bernstein and the staff of The New York Times.
David Halberstam’s Firehouse
Jere Longman’s Among the Heroes: United Flight 93 and the Passengers and Crew Who Fought Back
Portraits 9/11/01 (the complete “Portraits of Grief,” brief profiles written by New York Times reporters about the victims of the September 11 attacks)
Dennis Smith’s Report From Ground Zero: The Story of the Rescue Efforts at the World Trade Center
Thomas Von Essen’s Strong of Heart: Life and Death in the Fire Department of New YorkJames B. Stewart’s Heart of a Soldier: A Story of Love, Heroism, and September 11
William Langewiesche’s American Ground: Unbuilding the World Trade Center
Required background reading:
Judith Miller’s God Has Ninety-Nine Names: Reporting from a Militant Middle East
Peter L. Bergen’s Holy War, Inc.: Inside the Secret World of Osama bin Laden
Allan Gerson and Jerry Adler’s The Price of Terror: One Bomb, One Plane, 270 Lives: The History-Making Struggle for Justice After Pan Am 103
Anthony Lake’s 6 Nightmares: Real Threats in a Dangerous World and How America Can Meet ThemDaniel Benjamin and Steven Simon’s The Age of Sacred Terror
John Miller and Michael Stone’s The Cell: Inside the 9/11 Plot, and Why the FBI and CIA Failed to Stop It
Mark Riebling’s Wedge: From Pearl Harbor to 9/11 How the Secret War Between the FBI and CIA Has Endangered National Security
(More related books are discussed in “The Islamic World” and “The Middle East” sections of Book Lust.)
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| alex_lyle20 | The Pulitzer Prize Winning Book on 9/11 by Lawrence Wright | 0 | Sep 17 2008, 8:30 PM EDT by alex_lyle20 | ||
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The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 is a seminal work on the lead up and inclusion of 9/11. Lawrence Wright spent considerable amount of time researching in America and the Middle East.
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| Taya | Let's Roll by Lisa Beamer | 1 | Nov 18 2006, 6:18 PM EST by Anonymous | ||
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'Lisa Beamer was thrust into the national spotlight after her husband, Todd, led a counterattack against terrorists on United Flight 93. He--and all the other passenger heroes--lost their lives in a Pennsylvania field. But that plane was the only one of the four hijacked planes on 9-11 that didn't hit its target--most likely the White House or the Capitol. Todd's last known words, "Let's roll!" have become a rallying cry for the entire American nation to move ahead in hope, courage, and faith, despite today's troubled times, and to live real life...right now.' Quote from Amazon.com. Simply stated-- one of the best books I have ever read. Heartrending and uplifting at the same time.
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| Anonymous | Let's Roll by Lisa Beamer | 0 | Nov 18 2006, 9:30 AM EST by Anonymous | ||
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"Lisa Beamer was thrust into the national spotlight after her husband, Todd, led a counterattack against terrorists on United Flight 93. He--and all the other passenger heroes--lost their lives in a Pennsylvania field. But that plane was the only one of the four hijacked planes on 9-11 that didn't hit its target--most likely the White House or the Capitol. Todd's last known words, "Let's roll!" have become a rallying cry for the entire American nation to move ahead in hope, courage, and faith, despite today's troubled times, and to live real life...right now." Quote from Amazon.com. Simply stated-- one of the best books I have ever read. Heartrending and uplifting at the same time.
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