Two Seconds Under the World:Terror Comes to America-The Conspiracy Behind the World Trade Center Bombing

Dwyer, Jim; Murphy, Deidre; Tyre, Peg; Kocieniewski, David

ISBN 10: 0517597675 / ISBN 13: 9780517597675

Published by Crown, 1997

The book is in good condition with all pages and cover intact, including the dust jacket if originally issued. The spine may show light wear. Pages may contain some notes or highlighting, and there might be a "From the library of" label. Boxed set packaging, shrink wrap, or included media like CDs may be missing. Seller Inventory # BSM.12QX1

Synopsis:

An in-depth account of the bombing of the World Trade Center provides a close-up look at the Islamic fundamentalist conspiracy behind the terrorist attack and a revealing expose+a7 of the bungling of America's security agencies in preventing the attack. 50,000 first printing.

From the Inside Flap: ORTANT BOOK...[THAT] TELLS US WHY ATTENTION MUST BE PAID."

--New York Newsday

At 12:17 p.m. on February 26, 1993, a 1,500 pound bomb tore into the underbelly of New York City's World Trade Center. Six people were killed, numerous others injured, the city's economy traumatized. The blast took just two seconds, but in that instant America's sense of security was destroyed forever. Now, for the first time ever, here is the complete, authoritative, inside story of the conspiracy and its origins, the bombing and its aftermath. Written by the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists who first broke much of the story, TWO SECONDS UNDER THE WORLD reveals, in a vivid and gripping narrative, just how vulnerable America remains to terrorist attack...

* The internal squabbles that may have prevented the FBI from catching the fanatics before they had a chance to act

* How the bombers nearly succeeded in actually knocking down the Twin Towers

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Bibliographic Details

Title: Two Seconds Under the World:Terror Comes to ...
Publisher: Crown
Publication Date: 1997
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: good