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Remembering 9/11

The Eleventh Day by Anthony Summers; Robbyn Swan
Call Number: HV 6432.7 .S85 2011

ISBN: 9781400066599

Publication Date: 2011-07-19

FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE Writing with access to thousands of recently released official documents, fresh interviews, and the perspective that can come only from a decade of research and reflection, Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan deliver the first panoramic, authoritative look back at 9/11. For most living Americans, September 11, 2001, is the darkest date in the nation's history. What exactly happened? Could it have been prevented? How and why did so much acrimony and bad information arise from the ashes of the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and a quiet field in Pennsylvania? And what remains unresolved? What is certain: Discord and dissent continue to this day. Beginning with the first brutal actions of the hijackers aboard American Airlines Flight 11, The Eleventh Day tracks the precise sequence of events and introduces the players: pilots, terrorists, the airliners' passengers, and the innocents who died on the ground. Drawing on previously classified records and raw transcripts, Summers and Swan investigate the response of President Bush and the U.S. military that day, and the failure to intercept the hijacked airliners. They document the untruths told afterward by U.S. officials and, as a counterpoint, thoroughly consider the contentions of the "9/11 truth" movement. With meticulous research, they examine the personalities of the men behind the onslaught, analyze the motives that drove them, and expose the U.S. intelligence blunders that preceded the attacks. They note how afterward--without good evidence--the Bush administration persisted in trying to link 9/11 to Iraq. And they confront, finally, the question the 9/11 Commission's report blurred: Were the terrorists backed by powerful figures in another foreign nation--one the U.S. had long viewed as a friend? Riveting, revelatory, and unforgettable, thoroughly sourced and complete with extensive endnotes, The Eleventh Day is the essential one-volume work on a pivotal event in our history.
The 9/11 Commission Report by National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States
Call Number: HV 6432.7 .N39 2004b

ISBN: 0393326713

Publication Date: 2004-07-17

Nearly three thousand people died in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. In Lower Manhattan, on a field in Pennsylvania, and along the banks of the Potomoc, the United States suffered the single largest loss of life from an enemy attack on its soil. In November 2002 the United States Congress and President George W. Bush established by law the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, also known as the 9/11 Commission. This independent, bipartisan panel was directed to examine the facts and circumstances surrounding the September 11 attacks, identify lessons learned, and provide recommendations to safeguard against future acts of terrorism. This volume is the authorized edition of the Commission's final report.
Watching the World Change by David Friend
Call Number: HV 6432.7 .F75 2011

ISBN: 9780312591489

Publication Date: 2011-08-02

The attack on the World Trade Center was the most watched event in human history. And the footage recorded that day came from myriad perspectives--from TV cameras and tourist snapshots to photographer Thomas E. Franklin's iconic image of three firefighters raising the American flag at Ground Zero. David Friend explains how that week marked a phase change in the digital age, a moment when all the advances in television, photography, and the Web converged on a single event. A brilliant chronicle of how we process disaster,Watching the World Change is "an elegant and moving examination of the photographic legacy of that day in history....Brings meaning to a terrible time" (New Orleans Times-Picayune). Includes the exclusive story of the French filmmaker brothers who chronicled the attacks and survived the collapse of the towers.
The September 11 Terrorist Attacks by Kevin Hillstrom
Call Number: HV 6432.7 .H543 2012

ISBN: 9780780812406

Publication Date: 2012-04-16

Provides a detailed account of the September 11 terrorist attacks. Explores the history of Islamist terrorism, America's military reaction, and the events' lasting influence on society. Includes a narrative overview, biographical profiles, primary source documents, and other helpful features.
In the Wake of 9/11 by Thomas A. Pyszczynski; Jeff Greenberg; Sheldon Solomon
Call Number: HV 6432 .P97 2003

ISBN: 9781557989543

Publication Date: 2002-08-15

An exploration of the emotions of despair, fear and anger that arose after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in the autumn of 2001. The authors analyze reactions to the attacks through the lens of terror management theory, an existential psychological model that explains why humans react the way they do to the threat of death and how this reaction influences their post-threat cognition and emotion. The theory provides ways to understand and reduce terrorism's effect and possibly find resolutions to conflicts involving terrorism. The authors focus primarily on the reaction in the United States to the 9/11 attack, but their model is applicable to all instances of terrorism, and they expand their discussion to include the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The work has practical implications and should be a useful resource for mental health practitioners, researchers, and anyone concerned with the causes and effects of terrorism.