One Nation Under Siege: Congress, Terrorism, and the Fate of American Democracy

The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 were the first attacks to hit American soil since the bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941. Merely a month after the Twin Towers fell and the Pentagon crumbled, a new threat made its way through the public mailing system: anthrax, a white powder with the power to kill whoever came into contact with it. Together, these two events virtually destroyed the American sense of security and quickly lead to an era of national paranoia that was not whol...