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American Ground (2002)

av William Langewiesche

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At the center of the book is the team of engineers, many of them instrumental in building the towers, who now must collaborate in the sad task of disassembling them. Their responses are as dramatic and unpredictable as the shifting pile of rubble and the surrounding "slurry wall" that constantly threatens to collapse, potentially flooding a large part of underground Manhattan. They are also emotional and territorial, as firemen, police, widows, and officials attempt to claim the tragedy-and the difficult work of extracting the rubble and the thousands of dead buried there-as their own.… (mer)
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There's a 400 page book that could have been written that explores the clean-up process in minute detail that I probably would have enjoyed more, but that's just my preference. I enjoyed this book, although the author did have a habit of talking extensively about how a particular person was super effective or super well known or super respected, but then doesn't do a great job of demonstrating how. I think that falls in line with the short length - you can't spend time giving a dozen examples explained in detail when there's only 200 pages to work with. ( )
  sarcher | Feb 26, 2023 |
Well written look at the unbuilding of the World Trade Centre, some of the politics on the pile, how groups work, leadership styles ( )
  devilish2 | May 19, 2020 |
There is something so impressive when an author is given "unrestricted access" to his or her subject. To me, it inspires endless possibilities. When I found out Langewiesche was given "unrestricted access" to the cleanup after 9/11 I was excited. American Ground is the story of the physical breakdown, piece by piece, of the World Trade Center (hence the use of the word "unbuilding" in the subtitle). Probably the most fascinating part of American Ground was the unbelievable "territorial war" between the firefighters and the police, each believing their dead was more important than the other. There was a great disunity between the groups as the clean up continued. At the same time there were shining examples of people who selflessly went above and beyond to not honor find the missing but to honor the dead. ( )
1 rösta SeriousGrace | Sep 10, 2012 |
How the rescuers came. A very American saga.
  kencf0618 | Nov 10, 2007 |
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At the center of the book is the team of engineers, many of them instrumental in building the towers, who now must collaborate in the sad task of disassembling them. Their responses are as dramatic and unpredictable as the shifting pile of rubble and the surrounding "slurry wall" that constantly threatens to collapse, potentially flooding a large part of underground Manhattan. They are also emotional and territorial, as firemen, police, widows, and officials attempt to claim the tragedy-and the difficult work of extracting the rubble and the thousands of dead buried there-as their own.

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