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About The Book
We watch as a Customs inspector struggles to protect New York harbor from a dirty bomb; a storekeeper at Ground Zero rebuilds his shoe repair shop; a Silicon Valley entrepreneur lobbies to get his baggage screening systems into every airport; Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge battles the bureaucratic minefields of Washington; a New Jersey widow struggles to help her three children cope with the loss of their father; and John Ashcroft seizes the moment to become the most powerful and controversial attorney general in a generation, while the head of the ACLU tries to block him.
The result is a gritty narrative -- and trailblazing journalism -- that inspires us all as it tells the real story of how Americans moved to defend and rebuild their lives and their country.
Product Details
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster (September 2, 2003)
- Length: 736 pages
- ISBN13: 9780743237109
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Raves and Reviews
The New York Times Steven Brill's big, landmark analysis...leaves the reader not only with an idea of how things work in post-September 11 America but also why they work.
Tom Brokaw A sweeping story of our new world.
Bill O'Reilly I highly recommend After.
New York magazine A deeply compelling..."towering achievement" book...Brill surmounts the insurmountable, makes coherent the incoherent, delves deeper than anyone else.
National Review An amazing book...a patriotic act.
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