How Did This Happen?
Terrorism and the New War
By Gideon Rose and James F. Hoge, Jr. (Editors)
November 15, 2001
About the book . . .
In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on September 11, one question has
been on everyone’s mind: "How did this happen?" This book seeks to
answer this question in all its critical aspects—the motives and actions of
the terrorists, the status of the U.S. military, the context of the Middle East,
bioterrorism, airport security, diplomatic pressures—and to provide readers
with perspective, information, and sound interpretation. Rose and Hoge, editors
of the highly regarded Foreign Affairs, have brought together noted
experts whose insights make the events of that terrible day more understandable,
even as we steel ourselves for the conflicts ahead.
Contributing writers include: Fouad
Ajami, Karen Armstrong, Martin N. Baily, Milton Bearden, Samuel R. Berger,
Richard K. Betts, Richard Butler, Wesley K. Clark, Michael Scott Doran, Gregg
Easterbrook, Stephen E. Flynn, Laurie Garrett, F. Gregory Gause III, Brian M.
Jenkins, Walter Laqueur, Anatol Lieven, Michael Mandelbaum, Rajan Menon, Joseph
S. Nye, Jr., William J. Perry, Mona Sutphen, William F. Wechsler, Alan Wolfe,
and Fareed Zakaria.
About the Authors . . .
James F. Hoge, Jr., is the editor of Foreign Affairs and was previously
publisher of the New York Daily News and editor and publisher of the Chicago
Sun-Times. Gideon Rose, the managing editor of Foreign Affairs, has served on
the staff of the National Security Council and has taught at Princeton and
Columbia universities.
Reader Reviews . . .
Simply Outstanding!
Imagine getting the country’s best experts on terrorism,
foreign policy, Middle Eastern politics and religion, and so forth into one room
for a personal tutorial on the September 11 attacks.
A fantastic collection of pieces by top experts on just about every conceivable aspect of the crisis—from what motivated the terrorists, to the geopolitical background of the attacks, to the homeland defense problems, to what the larger significance of all this is and where things go from here.
The book is available at www.amazon.com for $11.20 (paperback) and $17.95 (audio book).