Garrett M. Graff Bücher

Zwanzig Jahre danach verewigt dieses Buch die folgenreichsten Stunden unserer jüngsten Geschichte. Und auf einmal diese Stille ist das herzzerreißende Logbuch eines historischen Tages und ein monumentales Zeugnis von Hoffnung und Menschlichkeit in der Dunkelheit. Kein Tag hat sich stärker ins kollektive Gedächtnis gebrannt. Die Bilder, die Geschichten, die Konsequenzen. Doch die Worte derer, die den 11. September tatsächlich erlebt haben, fehlten zwanzig Jahre lang. Garrett M. Graff hat diese Worte gefunden, er hat alle Dokumente, alle Interviews zusammengetragen, hat die Stimmen der Einsatzkräfte, der Zeugen, der Überlebenden versammelt und daraus eine überwältigende Erzählung kompiliert.

Journalist and historian Garrett Graff recounts September 11, 2001, through the voices of those who experienced it firsthand. Utilizing transcripts, declassified documents, original interviews, and oral histories from nearly five hundred individuals—including government officials, first responders, witnesses, survivors, and their families—Graff crafts a vivid narrative of the attacks. The story begins in the early hours at Northeast airports, where ticket agents unknowingly allow terrorists onto flights, and flight attendants face harrowing situations aboard the hijacked planes. In New York City, first responders encounter unimaginable horror at the Twin Towers, while officials in a secret bunker monitor incoming planes on radar. Pilots of unarmed fighter jets agree to take extreme measures against hijacked airliners, and civilians on United Flight 93 make the ultimate sacrifice. As flights are grounded nationwide, Air Force One flies alone, its passengers isolated and fearful. This narrative transcends mere eyewitness accounts, showcasing how ordinary people confronted extraordinary circumstances: a father and son in the North Tower, a firefighter searching for his wife, an operator relaying a passenger's last words, and a chaplain performing last rites. Graff honors the bravery of everyday Americans caught in an unprecedented human drama on a day that irrevocably altered history and lives.

Over the last eighteen years, much has been written and said about the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and the profound impact they had on America and the world. But those names, stories, and memories have never before been collected in one place to tell the full, 360-degree story of what happened that day, and in the days after.

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"The eye-opening true story of the government's secret plans to survive and rebuild after a catastrophic attack on U.S. soil--a narrative that spans from the dawn of the nuclear age to today. For sixty years, the U.S. government has been developing secret Doomsday plans to protect itself in the event of a terrorist or nuclear attack, and the multibillion-dollar Continuity of Government (COG) program takes numerous forms--from its plans to evacuate high-ranking officials to bunkers surrounding Washington, DC, to the prospect of launching nuclear missiles from a Boeing 747 flying high over Nebraska. In [this book], Garrett Graff utilizes thousands of pages of once-classified documents, as well as original interviews and visits to former and current COG facilities, to track the evolution of the government's plans and the threats of global war from the Truman administration through the present day. Equal parts a presidential, military, and political history, Raven Rock takes readers through the back channels of government to understand exactly what is at stake if our nation is attacked, and how we're prepared to respond if it is."--Jacket

From Garrett M. Graff, the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Plane in the Sky and Raven Rock, a fascinating and eye-opening narrative history that uncovers the secrets of our government's decades-long quest to solve one of our most greatest mysteries: whether we are, in fact, alone in the universe.

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Dwadzieścia lat temu świat wstrząsnęła seria zamachów, jakich nigdy wcześniej nie doświadczono. Garrett Graff, wielokrotnie nagradzany dziennikarz i historyk, przedstawia historię ataku z 11 września 2001 roku poprzez relacje osób, które go przeżyły. Wykorzystując niepublikowane dokumenty, wywiady i ustne historie prawie pięciuset bohaterów, Graff tworzy ludzki portret tej tragedii. To nie tylko zbiór zeznań; to opowieści ojca i syna z Północnej Wieży, strażaka szukającego żony w World Trade Center, operatora połączeń telefonicznych obiecującego przekazać ostatnie słowa pasażera, oraz kapelana FDNY, który odprawia ostatnie obrzędy umierających. Graff łączy te doświadczenia, tworząc hołd dla odwagi zwykłych Amerykanów w obliczu tragedii. Książka jest głębokim studium człowieczeństwa w obliczu wydarzeń, które zmieniły bieg historii. Recenzenci chwalą ją za emocjonalną głębię i intymność, zauważając, że każdy powinien ją przeczytać, aby zrozumieć ten kluczowy moment w historii. Graff, uznany dziennikarz i autor, od lat pisze o polityce i bezpieczeństwie narodowym, a jego prace ukazywały się w wielu prestiżowych publikacjach.