Pentagon 9/11 [electronic resource] / Alfred Goldberg ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Goldberg, Alfred, 1918-

United States. Department of Defense. Historical Office.

Series:

Defense studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.

Terrorism--Virginia--Arlington.

Terrorism.

Rescue work--Virginia--Arlington.

Rescue work.

Pentagon (Va.).

Physical Description:

vii, 280 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Historical Office, Office of the Secretary of Defense : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.], 2007.

System Details:

Mode of access: Internet from DTIC web site. Address as of 5/20/09: http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA472132&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf; current access available via PURL.

Summary:

The response and subsequent performance of federal, state, and especially local agencies, in particular their coordination and cooperation with each other and with Pentagon authorities, provide lessons for dealing with other large-scale emergencies in the future. Material used in this study was distilled from more than 1,300 interviews, relying on the corroborative testimony of two or more witnesses wherever possible.

Contents:

Target: the Pentagon

The deadly strike

The rescuers

Fighting the fire

Treating the injured, searching for remains

Up and running

Securing the Pentagon

Caring for the dead and the living

Afterword

Appendix A: List of 9/11 Pentagon fatalities

Appendix B: National Transportation Safety Board reports.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed on May 20, 2009).

"ADA472132."

Includes bibliographical references (pages [253]-266) and index.

OCLC:

352907982