TY - BOOK AU - Posner,Gerald L. TI - Why America slept: the failure to prevent 9/11 SN - 0375508791 (acid-free paper) AV - HV6432.7 .P685 2003 U1 - 973.931 21 PY - 2003/// CY - New York PB - Random House KW - September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 KW - Terrorism KW - United States KW - Prevention KW - Islamic fundamentalism KW - National security N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-226) and index; Chapter 1. The takeover -- Chapter 2. The intelligence war -- Chapter 3. Birth of a terrorist -- Chapter 4. The first shot -- Chapter 5. The secret deal -- Chapter 6. Allies at war -- Chapter 7. Shelter in Sudan -- Chapter 8. "Who the hell is seeing him?" -- Chapter 9. Jihad in America -- Chapter 10. Rush to judgment -- Chapter 11. Safe haven in Afghanistan -- Chapter 12. The money trail -- Chapter 13. Campaign of terror -- Chapter 14. "We got it covered" -- Chapter 15. Enter the hijackers -- Chapter 16. "None of this is ever going to happen" -- Chapter 17. The German connection -- Chapter 18. "We could have gotten lucky" -- Chapter 19. The interrogation N2 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0712/2003047065.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/random055/2003047065.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/samples/random045/2003047065.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/random0415/2003047065.html UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/stanford/Doc?id=10042763 ER -