The authors offer their perspective on New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani's role before, during, and after the September 11 attacks, and maintain that his administration was too preoccupied with other pet projects to take the possibility of terrorist activity seriously.
Coleman Young reexamines his journey from "Big Time Red" on the Prohibition streets of Detroit to five terms as the city's mayor, looking back on decades of modern African-American movement.
As mayor of Casterbridge, Michael Henchard is lonely and dissatisfied with life as he struggles in his relationships with women. Includes explanatory notes, an overview of key themes, and a chronology of the author's life.
Rudolph Giuliani, mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2002, discusses the events of September 11, 2001, as he experienced them, describes the principles of leadership he has developed or adopted over the course of his career as a lawyer and politician, and shows how he put those rules into action to help the city recover after the terrorist attack.
Michael Henchard, an unemployed farmhand, gets drunk and sells his wife and baby daughter, but nineteen years later, when he is the Mayor of Casterbridge, his past is brought back to haunt him, when they return, and his success is undone.
