Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Events and aftermath of 9/11. 9/11 : the terrorist attack on the United States / David Greenberg -- The evolution of the terrorist plot / Peter Finn -- New York : a changed city / Jim Dwyer, Susan Sachs -- A French journalist claims that we are all Americans / Jean-Marie Colombani -- A Muslim leader calls for restraint / El Hassan bin Talal -- U.S. President addresses the people after 9/11 / George W. Bush -- The painful process of dealing with the dead / Richard Bernstein and the staff of the New York Times-- The controversies surrounding 9/11. U.S. intelligence failures made the United States vulnerable on 9/11 / Amy B. Zegart -- U.S. cultural excess and foreign policy breed discontent among would-be terrorists / Riad Z. Abdelkarim -- Globalization did not lead to the attacks of 9/11 / Brink Lindsey -- Although anti-terrorism strategies have made the United States safer, vigilance is necessary / Melvin A. Goodman -- Anti-terrorism laws created in response to 9/11 compromise civil liberties worldwide / Erika Waak -- Racial profiling is necessary in the wake of 9/11 / Peter H. Schuck -- Racial profiling is not necessary in the wake of 9/11 / American Civil Liberties Union -- The air in New York was not safe to breathe after the attacks / Andrew Stephen -- Answering the 9/11 conspiracy theorists / Dominik Cziesche ... [et al.] -- Personal narratives of 9/11. The final preparations of a 9/11 terrorist / Mohamed Atta -- In the eye of the storm : a New York journalist's story / John Bussey -- A New York City firefighter describes a day of horror, pain, and loss / Robert Reeg -- A rookie police officer's courage and compassion / Nancy Ramos-Williams -- A Pentagon search-and-rescue worker connects with a victim's family / Rick Newman -- Chronology.

Presents high school students with multiple points of view on the Terrorist Attack of September 11, 2001, with an emphasis on non-U.S. perspectives, offering basic historical information about this significant event, examining the controversies surrounding it and providing first-person narratives from people who lived through or were impacted by the attack.