The 9/11 Commission Report: The Attack from Planning to Aftermath (Authorized Text, Shorter Edition)

, by NATIONAL COMMISSION ON TERRORIST ATTACKS

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ISBN: 9780393340136 | 0393340139
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Copyright: 8/8/2011

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Published for the tenth anniversary of 9/11, this new edition of the authorized report is limited to the Commission#xE2;#x80;#x99;s riveting account#xE2;#x80;#x94;which was a finalist for the National Book Award#xE2;#x80;#x94;of the attack and its background, examining both the attackers and the U.S. government, the emergency response, and the immediate aftermath. It includes new material from Philip Zelikow, the Commission#xE2;#x80;#x99;s executive director, on the Commission#xE2;#x80;#x99;s work, the fate of its recommendations, and the way this struggle has evolved right up to the present day.

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List of Illustrations and Tables	p. vii
Member List	p. ix
Staff List	p. xi
"We have some Planes"	p. 1
Inside the Four Flights	p. 1
Improvising a Homeland Defense	p. 20
National Crisis Management	p. 47
The Foundation of the New Terrorism	p. 64
A Declaration of War	p. 64
Bin Ladin's Appeal in the Islamic World	p. 66
The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (1988-1992)	p. 75
Building an Organization, Declaring War on the United States (1992-1996)	p. 80
Al Qaeda's Renewal in Afghanistan (1996-1998)	p. 86
Counterterrorism Evolves	p. 97
From the Old Terrorism to the New: The First World Trade Center Bombing	p. 97
Adaptation-and Nonadaptation-... in the Law Enforcement Community	p. 100
... and in the Federal Aviation Administration	p. 113
... and in the Intelligence Community	p. 118
... and in the State Department and the Defense Department	p. 129
... and in the White House	p. 136
... and in the Congress	p. 141
Responses to Al Qaeda's Initial Assaults	p. 149
Before the Bombings in Kenya and Tanzania	p. 149
Crisis: August 1998	p. 160
Diplomacy	p. 168
Covert Action	p. 175
Searching for Fresh Options	p. 186
Al Qaeda Aims at the American Homeland	p. 200
Terrorist Entrepreneurs	p. 200
The "Planes Operation"	p. 211
The Hamburg Contingent	p. 221
A Money Trail?	p. 234
From Threat to Threat	p. 240
The Millennium Crisis	p. 241
Post-Crisis Reflection: Agenda for 2000	p. 251
The Attack on the USS Cole	p. 263
Change and Continuity	p. 273
The New Administration's Approach	p. 281
The Attack Looms	p. 298
First Arrivals in California	p. 298
The 9/11 Pilots in the United States	p. 310
Assembling the Teams	p. 320
Final Strategies and Tactics	p. 334
"The System was Blinking Red"	p. 352
The Summer of Threat	p. 352
Late Leads-Mihdhar, Moussaoui, and KSM	p. 368
Heroism and Horror	p. 386
Preparedness as of September 11	p. 386
September 11, 2001	p. 395
Emergency Response at the Pentagon	p. 433
Analysis	p. 437
Wartime	p. 449
Immediate Responses at Home	p. 451
Planning for War	p. 454
"Phase Two" and the Question of Iraq	p. 461
Foresight-and Hindsight	p. 468
Imagination	p. 469
Policy	p. 480
Capabilities	p. 484
Management	p. 487
Afterword: The Twilight War	p. 499
Common Abbreviations	p. 549
Table of Names	p. 551
Notes	p. 563
Index	p. 607
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The 9/11 Commission Report: The Attack from Planning to Aftermath (Authorized Text, Shorter Edition)

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