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 | | The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (Indexed Hardcover, Authorized Edition) by National Commission on Terrorist Attacks ISBN-10: 9780393060416 ISBN-10: 0-393-06041-1 ISBN-13: 9780393060416 ISBN-13: 978-0-393-06041-6 Hardcover 2004-08-31 W. W. Norton & Company Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description The authorized hardcover, indexed edition of the national bestseller. 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 hardcover volume is the authorized edition of the Commission's final report, and includes a full index. | ||
Amazon.com Review The result of months of intensive investigations and inquiries by a specially appointed bipartisan panel, The 9/11 Commission Report is one of the most important historical documents of the modern era. And while that fact alone makes it worth owning, it is also a chilling and valuable piece of nonfiction: a comprehensive and alarming look at one of the biggest intelligence failures in history and the events that led up to it. The commission traces the roots of al-Qaeda's strategies along with the emergence of the 19 hijackers and how they entered the United States and boarded airplanes. It details the missed opportunities of law enforcement officials to avert disaster. Using transcripts of cockpit voice recordings, the report describes events on board the planes along with the chaotic reaction on the ground from nearly every level of government. Going forward, the commission calls for a comprehensive overhaul of what it sees as a deeply flawed and disjointed intelligence-gathering operation. The creation of a post for a single National Security Director is recommended, along with the creation of a National Counterterrorism Center. The report finds fault with the approaches of both the Clinton and Bush administrations but, because they were a bipartisan panel and the problems described are so systemic and far-reaching, they stop short of assigning blame to any particular person or group. Credit must be given to how readable the report is. At more than 500 pages, the writing is clear and forceful and the information is made more accessible since it is fre from election politics and rancor. While the commission notes that future attacks are probably inevitable, a coordinated preventive effort along with a clear plan to respond with efficiency can offer Americans some hope in a post-9/11 world. --John Moe | ||
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9/11 Ommission Report It's shocking to read the user reviews and realize that many of these individuals had not done a minute worth of research themselves. It's very easy to pick up a book, with no foreknowledge of any sort, and take all the "facts" for granted. An interesting thing occurs with this book and the reader, when you dissect the simplest of fragments of evidence, and put them in retrospect. I'll admit, I may differ from an average reader of this book in the sense that I would not approach it casually, nor openly. At the very beginning, the book lists details of the "hijackers" check-ins into the airport. Very random details are given, indeed most of the information is superfluous. A fundamental point that the book fails to mention is that nearly half of the hijackers have been found in Saudi Arabia, or Pakistan, or Iran, and none have a spec of history in connection with any terrorist organization. But the most disgusting thing about the fact is, that if these hijackers were on those planes, and if the planes had collided and exploded upon impact with the towers, than, undeniably, they should all be deceased. How is it then, that these hijackers can be traced halfway across the world? My last example for this review is the alleged stabbings of some passengers and attendants in the plane. An audio recording, released by the FBI to the families of the deceased, presents the voice of Betty Ong, explaining that she, and 2 other of fellow employees had been stabbed and could not enter the cockpit. What is my argument? A young women, and two of her friends had been stabbed. The situation in the plane is hostile, but she, is extremely, frighteningly, and observably casual, but stumbling with uncertainty. As tough as an individual may be, no one would sound as if he is reading off a script when making an emergency call about being stabbed, presumably bleeding to death. Search the recording for yourself. We have a powerful search tool in our homes; the computer. Research is quick and simple. Even in the very beginning of the book, these and other important uncertainties surface. I suggest for any reader of this book to also buy "911 Commission Report: Omissions And Distortions." In this way, you will be able to judge between the truths and half truths. 2/5. | ||
A useless report full of omissions and lies The report was censored & omits anything the government does not want you to know. Even the co-chair of the commission admits that it's full of lies. If you want to read this fictional account of what happened on 9/11, why buy the book? You can download the entire report for free. | ||
Do not purchase for Kindle The formatting is incorrect for the Kindle Edition. Paragraph spacing is off and there are missing spaces between sentences on every single page. | ||
9/11 Commission An outstanding piece of scholarship; one of the most extensively researched, documented and balanced inquiry into the attacks of September 11, 2001 so far. The bipartisan panel created to answer the questions of what happened, how it could have and why, go to great lengths to assess the failures of the various agencies in the lead up to the attacks yet they fail to land a knockout blow with any of their conclusions. The Commission's insistence that their mandate should not call for them to apportion blame for the attacks belies belief considering the magnitude of the failure of each and every aspect of America's homeland security prior to the attacks. The conlusions and recommendations at the book's end detracted from my appreciation for the book as a whole. Vague and ambitious recommendations were put forth, and so often they were jumbled with terrible sporting metaphors that seemed to trivialise the very serious nature of the failure of the US government to protect their own citizens. Moreover, despite the fact that this was a Commission charged with investigating the attacks on American soil on September 11, too often the concluding chapters confused the global "war on terror" from America's quest to protect its own security, or perhaps; hegemony. Reading the book as a non-American could be a frustrating experience given these shortcomings. | ||
Another good reference to have on your Kindle There are some books you just need to have on hand for when somebody screaming on a blog starts misquoting said books. I didn't buy this book to read it cover to cover, but I'm glad I've got it to refer to when needed. This report certainly does not answer all the questions I have about why 9/11 was allowed to happen, but it's better than nothing. I just wish the Bush/Cheney administration would be held accountable for their atrocious lies and failures. | ||