The 9 11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (Authorized Edition)

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. This volume is the authorized edition of the Commission's final report. Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States Including the Executive Summary and the complete Notes Section. 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 is the digital edition of the Commission's final report. "Given what hangs in the balance, it is not a stretch to compare this document to The Federalist Papers, in the sense that the book is designed to foster the debate by which the country will reimagine itself through its bureaucracy."—PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY Final Report Of The National Commission On Terrorist Attacks Upon The United States. The Result Of Months Of Intensive Investigations And Inquiries By A Specially Appointed Bipartisan Panel. 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. We Have Some Planes -- The Foundation Of The New Terrorism -- Counterterrorism Evolves -- Responses To Al Qaeda's Initial Assaults -- Al Qaeda Aims At The American Homeland -- From Threat To Threat -- The Attack Looms -- The System Was Blinking Red -- Heroism And Horror -- Wartime -- Foresight, And Hindsight -- What To Do? A Global Strategy -- How To Do It? A Different Way Of Organizing The Government. Authorized Edition. Chairman Of The National Commission Was Thomas H. Kean. Vice-chairman Was Lee H. Hamilton. Includes Bibliographical References. "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. Provides the final report of the 9/11 Commission detailing their findings on the September 11 terrorist attacks.