List of Illustrations and Tables ix
Member List xi
Staff List xiiixiv
Preface xv
1. "WE HAVE SOME PLANES" 1
1.1
Inside the Four Flights 1
1.2
Improvising a Homeland Defense 14
1.3
National Crisis Management 35
2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 47
2.1
A Declaration of War 47
2.2
Bin Ladin's Appeal in the Islamic World 48
2.3
The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (19881992) 55
2.4
Building an Organization, Declaring
War on the United States (19921996) 59
2.5
Al Qaeda's Renewal in Afghanistan (19961998) 63
3. COUNTERTERRORISM EVOLVES 71
3.1
From the Old Terrorism to the New:
The First World Trade Center Bombing 71
3.2
Adaptation--and Nonadaptation--
. . .
in the Law Enforcement Community 73
3.3
. . . and in the Federal Aviation Administration 82
3.4
. . . and in the Intelligence Community 86
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