Who Defended the Country?: A New Democracy Forum on Authoritarian Versus Democratic Approaches to National Defense on 9/11

by Elaine Scarry

Through a minute-by-minute analysis of the phone calls, official reports, responses, and reported actions of passengers on two hijacked flights, United Airlines 93 (which crashed in Pennsylvania) and American Airlines 77 (which crashed into the Pentagon), Elaine Scarry offers a dramatic retelling of their fate and some startling conclusions. Leading off a provocative debate, she asks if the difficulty we had as a country in defending ourselves on...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080700457X
• ISBN13: 9780807004579
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Beacon Press
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.4" x 8.0"