Product Description

This is a work which provides an excellent summary of the essential themes, issues, facts, and questions concerning the tragic events of 9/11. This book engages the events surrounding 9/11 from a very different perspective -- namely that of a member of a hypothetical grand jury which is faced with the task of critically examining the available evidence concerning all manner of 9/11-related topics in order to determine whether or not a further public inquiry into 9/11 is appropriate and necessary. Many questions are raised in this book. The only certain answer which arises out of the pages of this work is that, after careful review, the available evidence indicates the government's official version of 9/11 is not tenable in either principle or detail.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3105494 in Books
• Published on: 2007-07-13
• Binding: Perfect Paperback
• 336 pages

Review
I was fortunate enough to receive an advanced, proof copy of The Essence of September 11th by Bill Whitehouse. I immediately set about reading the book and am happy to report my findings. This work does something which no other book on 9/11 that I have seen does - it raises important, unanswered questions about the events of 9/11 without imposing conspiratorial solutions on the reader with respect to those questions concerning who was responsible for 9/11. This book explores the facts and nothing but the facts, Ma'am, and lets the unanswered questions concerning those facts pile up in a way that cries out for a further investigation into September 11 - but an inquiry conducted by the people and not by the government. Another unique feature of this book is that it approaches the issues swirling about 9/11 from the perspective of a member of a hypothetical grand jury whose task is to look at the available evidence and to ask questions about that data in an effort to come to some sort of coherent understanding about the events of September 11, 2001. In effect, the author is asking every reader to become something of a grand jury member and to assume the responsibility which such a citizens' institution has - namely, to examine the evidence with nothing but common sense and an open mind concerning the material being explored. Finally, a third unique feature of The Essence of September 11th is the four `Did You Know' sections at the end of the book which summarize a great many facts dealing with September 11th. Important factoids are introduced in these sections that cover just about every important facet of the 9/11 issue -- ranging from events leading up to 9/11, to events on the day of 9/11, as well as some of what has transpired since 9/11 [e.g. The 9/11 Commission Report, the NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) report on the collapse of the World Trade Center towers, and so on). In summary, I can't think of a better book on the subject of 9/11 than The Essence of September 11th for staying away from the advancement of conspiracy theories while simultaneously putting forth a rigorous analysis of the data involving 9/11. This analysis suggests that none of the official reports on 9/11 have succeeded in answering the essential questions concerning that date. --Tammy Walter

About the Author
Bill Whitehouse graduated with an Honors B.A. in Social Relations from Harvard University. He later obtained his doctorate in Educational Theory from the University of Toronto.