More Resources Worth Exploring About 9/11

One of the risks of curating lists of resources on 9/11 is that you are bound to miss a lot of good work. But one of the benefits is that readers point out what you missed. We appreciate everyone who took the time to flag books, articles, movies, podcasts, and exhibits about 9/11 for us. We can’t say we have had the chance to read, view, or listen to them all—let alone to write summaries of each one. The suggestions are too good, however, not to share. So this coda to our series offers additional resources on 9/11 that people recommended to us or that we came across after we posted our earlier pieces. We also decided to relax our rule against home cooking and to list the terrific work our CFR colleagues did to mark the twentieth anniversary of the deadliest day in U.S. history.

Books

• Spencer Ackerman, Reign of Terror: How the 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Trump (2021) 
• Peter Bergen, Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden from 9/11 to Abbottabad (2013) 
• Daniel Byman, Road Warriors: Foreign Fighters in the Armies of Jihad (2019) 
• Joana Cook, A Woman's Place: US Counterterrorism Since 9/11 (2019) 
• Robert Draper, To Start a War: How the Bush Administration Took America into Iraq (2020) 
• Brian Fishman, The Master Plan: ISIS, al-Qaeda, and the Jihadi Strategy for Final Victory (2016)
• Julia Frey, Balcony View, Living at Ground Zero After 9/11: 20th Anniversary Edition (2021)
• Seth Jones, Hunting in the Shadows: The Pursuit of al Qa'ida since 9/11 (2013) 
• Carter Malkasian, The American War in Afghanistan: A History (2021) 
• Michael Morrell, The Great War of Our Time: The CIA's Fight Against Terrorism—From al Qa'ida to ISIS (2015) 
• Anthony Summers, The Eleventh Day: The Full Story of 9/11 (2012) 
• Craig Whitlock, The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War (2021) 
• Lawrence Wright, The Terror Years: From al-Qaeda to the Islamic State (2017) 

Documentaries

• 9/11 (2002) 
• 9/11: Four Flights (2021)
• 9/11: I Was There (2021)
• 9/11: The Legacy (2021)
• Beyond Belief (2007)
• Faith and Doubt at Ground Zero (2002)
• Inside 9/11 (2004) 
• Memory Box: Echoes of 9/11 (2021)
• No Responders Left Behind (2021)
• NYC Epicenters 9/11-2021½ (2021) 
• On Native Soil (2006) 
• Rise and Fall: The World Trade Center (2021)
• Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11 (2021)
• The 26th Street Garage: The FBI's Untold Story of 9/11 (2021)
• Race Against Time: The CIA and 9/11 (2021) 
• The Love We Make (2011) 
• The Man Who Knew (2002) 
• Women of 9/11: A Special Edition of 20/20 with Robin Roberts (2021)

Exhibits/Online Pieces

• “9/11: 20 Years Later,”  Washington Post 
• “9/11 and After,” New York Times
• “Remembering Balbir Singh Sodhi, Sikh Man Killed in Post-9/11 Hate Crime,” StoryCorps
• “Reflecting on the 20th anniversary of 9/11,” Middle East Institute  
• “September 11: 20 Years On,” Lowy Institute  
• “September 11, 2001: Attack on America,” History.com  
• “The Legacy of 9/11,” Brookings Institution 

Podcasts

• 9/12 (Pineapple Street Studios, Amazon Music, Wondery) 
• “Remembering 9/11, 20 Years Later; Impact Of Sept. 11 On Policing,” Here and Now (WBUR)
• “Sacred Ground,” NPR Politics Podcast (NPR)
• “The Children of 9/11,” Today in Focus (The Guardian)  
• Long Shadow (Goat Rodeo, Long Lead)
• “What 9/11 Did to One Family” The Experiment (The Atlantic)  
• “What 9/11 Has Done to American Muslims,” The Times (Los Angeles Times)

Council on Foreign Relations Resources

• John Bellinger III, “The 9/11 Effect and the Transformation of Global Security: The Legal Legacy”
• Steven Cook, “The Role of Egyptians in the 9/11 Attacks Still Reverberates Today”
• Richard Haass, “The World 9/11 Made”
• Bruce Hoffman, “How Has the Terrorism Threat Changed Twenty Years After 9/11?”
• Lindsay Maizland, “The Legacy of the U.S. War in Afghanistan in Nine Graphics”
• James McBride, “How 9/11 Reshaped Foreign Policy” (Timeline)
• Farah Pandith, “The U.S., Muslims, and a Turbulent Post-9/11 World”
• Stewart Patrick, “An Alluring but Costly Distraction” 
• Who Won the War on Terror? (Foreign Affairs issue)

Here are the other entries in this special series on 9/11 and its aftermath:

• Seven Reflections Worth Reading About 9/11
• Seven Documentaries Worth Watching About 9/11
• Seven Movies Worth Watching About 9/11
• 9/11 Online Exhibits and Resources Worth Viewing
• Seven Resources Debunking 9/11 Conspiracy Theories
• Seven Podcasts Worth Listening to About 9/11
• Seven More Books Worth Reading About 9/11 and Its Aftermath

Margaret Gach and Leila Marhamati assisted in the preparation of this post.