Why America Slept: The Failure to Prevent 9/11
#3555 of 3,809 books · #219 in Politics & Current Affairs
Shortlisted for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest (2003).
Examines the terrorist attacks of September 11th and why the disaster was not prevented, discussing how breakdowns in intelligence and political infighting allowed terrorists to carry out an unprecedented attack on American soil.
- Publisher
- Random House (NY)
- Topics
- 9/11 terrorist attacksIntelligence failuresCounterterrorism
Awards
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current InterestShortlisted(2003)
Other awarded books from Gerald Posner
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