- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: BBC Books (13 Dec 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0563488026
- ISBN-13: 978-0563488026
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.6 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,086,982 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
If journalism is the first draft of history, The Day That Shook The World is one of the best first drafts you could wish to read about the terrible, perplexing and awesome events of September 11, 2001.
The book is a BBC News "production" (although any profits will go to charities linked with the tragedy). As such it is able to draw on the wide and impressive skills of all the BBC’s TV and radio journalists, from Westminster insiders like Andrew Marr to Middle East reporters like Orla Guerlin. Even newscasting celebrities like John Simpson have taken time out from liberating Kabul to include their thoughts.
Each journalist (there are 15 in total) has a chapter in which to dwell and declaim on some aspect of the terrorist attack and its still unfolding geopolitical aftermath. The book begins with the devastation of Ground Zero in Manhattan, trawls through the religious, economic and cultural sequel of that event and ends with the capture of the Afghan capital by the Northern Alliance.
Perhaps inevitably the most obviously impacting chapters are those on the New York atrocities, like Stephen Evans’ appallingly vivid first person account of being stuck in the World Trade towers as they collapsed. Other sections, like John Simpson’s discourse on "Afghanistan’s Tragedy", are more distantly pensive and others, like Jeff Randall’s fascinating chapter on the economic ramifications, are more analytic. All 15 chapters are equally cogent, informed, persuasive--and valuable. --Sean Thomas
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Throughout the world, the BBC News team is respected for its authority, balance and integrity. In the light of recent tragic events, the team has produced a book of essays to explain to the general reader why the World Trade Centre attack occurred. This volume includes contributions by some of the most prominent foreign correspondents: Fergal Keane; Stephen Evans; George Alagiah; Brian Hanrahan; Gordon Corera; Paul Reynolds; John Simpson; Mike Wooldridge; Barnaby Mason; Orla Guerin; Bridget Kendall; Andrew Marr; Jeff Randall; Jonathan Marcus; and Allan Little. As well as placing the current situation in a historical context, the pieces include personal anecdotes from the correspondents, many of whom are writing in the field.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book really gives background information to help to understand the horrendous events of that day. The chapters dealing with the outlook for the future are maybe controversial but certainly thought-provoking. The fact that the contributors are such well-known BBC reporters makes it seem more interesting and somehow personal.The chapters are all highly informative and vary from factual to deeply moving.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
When something as public as 9/11 happens, an emotional, unconsidered reaction is the easiest response. Whilst the book is not - and does not pretend to be - a complete explanation as to why 9/11 happened, it addresses many of the key questions, and helps rationalise.
Any major historical event has multiple intepretations depending on individual perspective. What appeals about this anthology is its multiple (fifteen) analyses, underwritten by the balanced, authoritative experience of some of the best BBC journalists.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
i picked up this book and looked at the contributors, these were all names i recognized from the 6 o'clock news.I thought there opinion should be unbiased and they would just report the facts.I was amazed at how much their essay's grabbed me. Keeping me spellbound to the book for the fourteen hours it took me to soak up all the information in it. congratulations to all who the correspondents who took part!!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Moving and fascinating
A must read. From the moving accounts of the public and Stephen Evans, the BBC correspondent who was in the towers when it happened, to the analysis of the following war and the... Read more
Published on 17 July 2007 by Mrs. R. Dean
A useful aid to understanding 11 September.
Before reading this book I didn't understand what could possibly go on in the mind of someone to make them attack innocent people. Read more
Published on 27 Dec 2001
Food for thought - a clear and easy to access perspective
I found the chapters in this book wide ranging in their coverage and clear in the perspectives they offer. Read more
Published on 26 Dec 2001
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