The 9/11 Commission report
Subtitle: final report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
By: [Thomas H. Kean, chair ; Lee H. Hamilton, vice chair].
Contributors: Kean, Thomas H.; Hamilton, Lee.
Edition: Authorized edition. ; 1st edition.
Publisher: W.W. Norton; Norton
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 567
Subjects: Qaida (Organization); September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001; Terrorism -- Government policy -- United States; Terrorism -- United States -- Prevention; Intelligence service -- United States -- Evaluation; National Security -- United States
Other titles: Nine/eleven Commission report, final report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States; Final report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
Description: "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 Potomac, 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."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 449-567).

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Table of contents: title: "We have some planes" -- -- The; title: foundation of the new terrorism --; title: Counterterrorism evolves --; title: Responses to Al Qaeda's initial assaults --; title: Al Qaeda aims at the American homeland --; title: From threat to threat -- -- The; title: attack looms -- -- "The; title: system was blinking red" --; title: Heroism and horror --; title: Wartime --; title: Foresight, and hindsight --; title: What to do? A global strategy --; title: How to do it? A different way of organizing the government.