Reviews for Nation Challenged A Visual History of 9/11 and Its Aftermath

The average rating for Nation Challenged A Visual History of 9/11 and Its Aftermath based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-09-23 00:00:00 Jolanta Hillebrandt In the days that followed the obscene attack on New York City in 2001, the New York Times began publishing coverage of the aftermath and its investigation in a special feature called "A Nation Challenged". This feature, an insert inside the paper, ran until the end of the year. A Nation Challenged collects many of the photographs and articles from that run into a single collection to document the day itself, stories of the people involved, and review the consequences of America's grief as it began a war in Afghanistan which, like a mythical hydra, spawns more conflicts the more we persist in flailing away at it. The information included, however, is not merely text and photos; instead, there are other visual aides. A two-page spread reveals the interior of both towers, and includes analysis of how each fell. Another two-page spread provides a transcript of communications chatter as aviation authorities and other pilots realized that something was wrong. Coverage of the day itself is only a part of the book, as subsequent sections review the clean-up process and the treatment of debris as a mass crime scene. Also included is information Osama bin Laden's background, and the political/ethnographic breakdown of Afghanistan. While I've never read any other 9/11 books, this particular volume recommends itself as a remembrance.

Review # 2 was written on 2009-08-19 00:00:00 Jeff Babb XOS-973.9L