9/11/2001

in the George T. Potter Library

 

BOOKS and ESSAYS

 

09/11 8:48 AM: Documenting America’s Greatest Tragedy / edited by BlueEar.com

 

102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers / Jim Dwyer and Kevin    Flynn

 

110 Stories: New York Writes after September 11   / edited by Ulrich Baer

 

After: How America Confronted the September 12 Era / by Steven Brill

 

After September 11: New York and the World / Reuters

 

Afterwards: Stories and Reports from 9/11 and Beyond / compiled by the editors of Salon.com

 

Against All Enemies / by Richard A. Clarke

 

The Age of Terror / by Strobe Talbott and Nayan Chandra

 

Al-Qaeda: Casting a Shadow of Terror / Jason Burke

 

All for One: Terrorism, NATO and the United States / Tom Lansford

 

America Attacked: Terrorists Declare War on America / edited by Sara Jess, Gabriel Beck, R. Joseph

 

American Ground, Unbuilding the World Trade Center / by William Langewiesche

 

Balancing Civil Rights and Security: American Judicial Responses since 9/11 / by Donald J. Musch

 

Before & After: U.S. Foreign Policy and the September 11th Crisis / by Phyllis Bennis ; foreword by Noam               Chomsky

 

Bush at War / by Bob Woodward

 

Combatting Terrorism: The Role of the UN / by Harris O. Schoenberg

 

Committee Meeting of Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee / New Jersey. Legislature.               General Assembly. Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee

 

Covering Catastrophe: Broadcast Journalists Report / edited by Allison Gilbert, et al.

 

Critical Views of September 11: Analyses from Around the World / edited by Eric Hershberg and Kevin W.               Moore

 

The Decline of American Power: The U.S. in a Chaotic World / by Immanuel Maurice Wallerstein

 

European Counterterrorist Efforts: Political Will and Diverse Responses / Paul Gallis, coordinator

 

Fallout: The Environmental Consequences of the World Trade Center Collapse / Juan González

 

Film and Television after 9/11 / edited by Wheeler Winston Dixon

 

Final Report on the Collapse of the World Trade Center Towers / [National Construction Safety Team for             the Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster.] U.S. Dept. of           Commerce, Technology Administration, National Institute of Standards and Technology  (on order)

        

Firehouse / by David Halberstam

 

Global Responses to Terrorism: 9/11, Afghanistan, and Beyond / edited by Mary Buckley and Rick Fawn

 

The Great Terror War / by Richard Falk

 

Hearings of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States. U.S. government documents accessible through our online catalog (*see Electronic Resources listings below)

 

Holy Terrors: Thinking about Religion after September 11 / Bruce Lincoln

 

How Did This Happen? Terrorism and the New War / edited by James F. Hoge and Gideon Rose

 

Inside 9-11: What Really Happened / by the reporters, writers and editors of Der Spiegel Magazine

 

Journalism after September 11 / edited by Barbie Zelizer and Stuart Allan

 

Lamentation 9/11 / text by E. L. Doctorow; preface by Kofi Annan; photographs by David Finn

 

Leadership / by Rudolph W. Giuliani

 

Longitudes and Attitudes: Exploring the World after September 11 / by Thomas L. Friedman

 

Middletown, America: One Town’s Passage from Trauma to Hope / by Gail Sheehy

 

National Trauma and Collective Memory: Extraordinary Events in the American Experience / Arthur G.               Neal

 

Never Forget: An Oral History of September 11, 2001 / Mitchell Fink and Lois Mathias

 

The New Anti-Semitism: The Current Crisis and What We Must Do About It / Phyllis Chesler

 

The New Jackals: Ramzi Yousef, Osama Bin Laden and the Future of Terrorism / by Simon Reeve

 

New York September 11 / by Magnum photographers; Introduction by David Halberstam

 

Out of the Blue: The Story of September 11, 2001, from Jihad to Ground Zero / by Richard Bernstein and            the Staff of The New York Times

 

Poetry after 9/11: An Anthology of New York Poets / edited by Dennis Loy Johnson and Valerie Merians

 

Politics of Terror: The U.S. Response to 9/11 / by William Crotty

 

Power and Terror: Post-9/11 Talks and Interviews / by Noam Chomsky; edited by John Junkerman and       Takei Masakazu

 

Portraits 9/11/01: the Collected “Portraits of Grief” from The New York Times

 

“The Post-September 11 Economic Crisis and the Government Crackdown on Immigrant Workers”      in: Immigrants, Unions, and the New U.S. Labor Market / Immanuel Ness

 

“"The Predicament of Aftermath": Oklahoma City and September 11” / Edward T. Linenthal, in: The       Resilient City: How Modern Cities Recover from Disaster / [edited by] Lawrence J. Vale and Thomas              J. Campanella

 

Report from Ground Zero / by Dennis Smith

 

Roads to Reconciliation: Conflict and Dialogue in the Twenty-First Century / edited by Amy Benson     Brown and Karen Poremski

 

Resilient City: The Economic Impact of 9/11 / Howard Chernick, editor

 

September 11: Consequences for Canada / Kent Roach

 

September 11, 2001: American Writers Respond / edited by William Heyen

 

September 11 and Its Consequences in the World since 1945: A History of International Relations /     Wayne C. McWilliams, Harry Piotrowski

 

September 11 in History: A Watershed Moment? / edited by Mary L. Dudziak

 

The Spirit of Terrorism and Requiem for the Twin Towers / by Jean Baudrillard; translated by Chris Turner

 

Sword of Islam: Muslim Extremism from the Arab Conquests to the Attack on America / by John F.                     Murphy, Jr.

 

Terrorism and Business: The Impact of September 11, 2001 / Dean C. Alexander and Yonah Alexander

 

Terrorism and U.S. Foreign Policy / by Paul R. Pillar

 

To Mend the World: Women Reflect on 9/11 / edited by Marjorie Agosin and Betty Jean Craige

 

Understanding September 11 / edited by Craig Calhoun, Paul Price, and Ashley Timmer

 

War on America: Seen From the Indian Ocean / by James R. Mancham

 

The War on Our Freedoms: Civil Liberties in an Age of Terrorism / edited by Richard C. Leone and Greg               Anrig, Jr.

 

We Are All Suspects Now: Untold Stories from Immigrant Communities after 9/11 / Tram Nguyen

 

What We Saw / CBS News; with an introduction by Dan Rather. Book and DVD

 

Wounded City: The Social Impact of 9/11 / Nancy Foner, editor

 

ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

1. Check the following databases for articles on September 11, 2001

          

2. Website of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (the 9-11Commission): website was frozen September 20, 2004

 

3. Selected Documents available through the Documents Without Shelves Collection, accessible through the online catalog:

  • 9/11 and Terrorist Travel: Staff Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States / by Thomas R. Eldridge... [et al.]; and Joanne M. Accolla, staff assistant ; Alice Falk, editor. National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States, 2004

 

  • The 9/11 Commission Report. Executive summary / Thomas H. Kean, chair; Lee H. Hamilton, vice-chair. Washington, D.C.: National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States, 2004

 

  • The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States / Thomas H. Kean, chair, Lee H. Hamilton, vice-chair. Washington, D.C.: National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States, 2004
  • Arlington County: After-Action Report on the Response to the September 11 Terrorist Attack on the Pentagon. Arlington, VA: The County, 2002

 

  • The Aviation Security System and the 9/11 Attacks: Staff Statement no. 3. Washington, D.C.: National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States, 2004

 

  • Diplomacy: Staff Statement no. 5. Washington, D.C.: National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States, 2004

 

  • Emergency Preparedness and Response: Staff Statement no.13. Washington, D.C.: National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States, 2004

 

  • The Emergency Response Operations (draft) / J. Randall Lawson, Robert L. Vettori. [Gaithersburg, Md.] : National Institute of Standards and Technology, Technology Administration, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, 2005

 

  • Entry of the 9/11 Hijackers into the United States: Staff Statement no. 1. Washington, D.C.: National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States, 2004

 

  • Final Report of the Special Master for the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001. Vol. I / Kenneth R. Feinberg, special master. Washington, D.C.: Dept. of Justice, 2004

 

  • Flight 93 National Memorial, Somerset County, Pennsylvania: Boundary, Flight 93 National Memorial, January 14, 2005. Washington, DC: National Park Service], 2005. 1 electronic map: digital, PDF file

 

  • The Four Flights: Staff Statement no. 4. Washington, D.C.: National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the U.S., 2004

 

  • The Global War on Terrorism: The First 100 Days. Washington, U.S.A.: The Coalition Information Centers, 2001

 

  • Hearing of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States (various reports). Washington, D.C.: National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States

 

  • Helping Victims of the Terrorist Attacks: Your Guide to Giving Wisely.  Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Office of Consumer and Business Education, 2001

 

  •  A Hundred Osamas: Islamist Threats and the Future of Counterinsurgency / Sherifa Zuhur. Carlisle, PA : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, [2005]

                                                   

  • Images of the World Trade Center Site Show Thermal Hot Spots on September 16 and 23, 2001 / by Roger N. Clark ... [et al.]. Denver, CO: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, 2001
  • Improvising a Homeland Defense: Staff Statement no. 17. Washington, D.C.: National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States, 2004

 

  • Information Sharing after September 1: Perspectives on the Future: Hearing before the Select Committee on Homeland Security, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eighth Congress, second session, June 24, 2004
  • Intelligence Policy: Staff Statement no. 7. Washington, D.C.: National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States, 2004
  • The Investigation of the World Trade Center Collapse: Findings, Recommendations, and Next Steps: Hearing before the Committee on Science, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, First Session, October 26, 2005
  • Law Enforcement, Counterterrorism, and Intelligence Collection in the United States Prior to 9/11: Staff Statement no. 9. Washington, D.C.: National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States, 2004
  • The Intelligence Community’s Knowledge of the September 11 Hijackers Prior to September 11, 2001 /       Eleanor Hill. Washington, D.C.: U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, 2002
  • Joint Inquiry Staff Statement. Part I / Eleanor Hill, staff director, Joint Inquiry Staff. Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, 2002
  • National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States: Public Hearings. Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House Auditorium, One Bowling Green, New York, York. Washington, D.C.: National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States, 2003
  • The Network of Terrorism. Washington, D.C.: Dept. of State, 2001

 

  • New York City, Three Months after: Pictorial Essays Developed during Three Days in December 2001 Capture the City’s, and the Nation’s, Indomitable Spirit. U.S. Dept. of State, International Information Programs, [2002?]

 

  • Outline of the 9/11 Plot: Staff Statement no. 16. Washington, D.C.: National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States, 2004
  • Overview of the Enemy: Staff Statement no. 15. Washington, D.C.: National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States, 2004
  • Particle Atlas of World Trade Center Dust / by Heather A. Lowers and Gregory P. Meeker. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, [2005]
  • The Performance of the Intelligence Community: Staff Statement no. 11. Washington, D.C.: National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States, 2004
  • September 11: Monitoring the World Trade Center Health Effects has Progressed, but Program for Federal Responders Lags Behind : testimony before the Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats, and International Relations, Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives / statement of Cynthia A. Bascetta
  • September 11, 201, Documentary Project. The American Folklife Center
  • State of the Tourism Industry One Year after September 11th: Hearing before the Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, September 25, 2002
  • Toxicological Effects of Fine Particulate Matter Derived from the Destruction of the World Trade Center / [Stephen H. Gavett ... et al.]. Research Triangle Park, NC: National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2002
  • Transcript of Usama Bin Laden Video Tape. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Defense, 2001
  • The U.S. Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime Responds to the Victims of Terrorist Attacks Against America on September 11, 2001. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office for Victims of Crime, 2004
  • World Trade Center Building Performance Study: Data Collection, Preliminary Observations, and Recommendations / [report editor, Therese McAllister; chapter leaders and authors, Gene Corley ... et al.]. Washington, D.C.: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration; New York: FEMA Region II ; Washington, D.C. : Supt. of Docs., 2002

 

VIDEOS

 

9/11 / Goldfish Pictures, Inc. and Silverstar Productions, LLC, [2002], c2001

 

9/11 and Beyond: Coping Strategies for Trauma and Stress / with Jacki McKinney. Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2004, 2003

 

Beyond the Frame: Alternative Perspectives on the War on Terrorism / Media Education Foundation;  producers: Loretta Alper, Kendra Olson

 

The Dark Side / PBS Home Video, c2006

 

Faith & Doubt at Ground Zero / A Frontline co-production with Helen Whitney Productions; produced by Helen Whitney; written by Helen Whitney & Ron Rosenbaum

 

Fahrenheit 9/11 / Lions Gate Films and IFC Films and The Fellowship Adventure Group present a Dog Eat Dog Films production, a film by Michael Moore; producers, Jim Czarnecki, Kathleen Glynn ; written, produced and directed by Michael Moore

 

In Memoriam: New York City 9/11/01 / Brad Grey Pictures, a presentation of Home Box Office produced by Brad Grey, John Hoffman, and Sheila Nevins

 

In Search of Bin Laden / a Frontline co-production with The New York Times and Rain Media, Inc.;  WGBH Educational Foundation

 

Inside the Terror Network / produced and directed by Ben Loeterman; a BBC/WGBH Frontline co-production with Ben Loeterman Productions, Inc.; WGNBH Educational Foundation

 

Looking for Answers / a Frontline co-production with The New York Times and Rain Media, Inc. in association with Granada Factual USA; WGBH Educational Foundation

 

Through a Child’s Eyes: September 11, 2001 / directed and produced by Amy Schatz; produced by Lynn Sadofsky

 

Twin Towers / MoPo Entertainment; Universal Television; Wolf Films; Shape Pictures; produced by  Peter Jankowski, Dick Wolf, Dan Sturman; directed by Bill Guttentag, Robert David Port

 

Why the Towers Fell / produed and directed by Garfield Kennedy, Larry Klein; edited by Bob Ede, Sam Green; a BBC/WGBHc Boston co-production

 

WTC Uncut / directed and edited by Bryan Kortis; directed and produced by Steven Judrick

 

 

Susan Kurzmann, Information Literacy & Reference Coordinator

Madel Tisi, Circulation Supervisor

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