Seven Shots: An NYPD Raid on a Terrorist Cell and Its Aftermath

Hunt, Jennifer C.

ISBN 10: 0226360903 / ISBN 13: 9780226360904

Edité par University of Chicago Press, 2010

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Synopsis :

On July 31, 1997, a six-man Emergency Service team from the NYPD raided a terrorist cell in Brooklyn and narrowly prevented a suicide bombing of the New York subway that would have cost hundreds, possibly thousands of lives.

Seven Shots tells the dramatic story of that raid, the painstaking police work involved, and its paradoxical aftermath, which drew the officers into a conflict with other rank-and-file police and publicity-hungry top brass. Jennifer C. Hunt draws on her personal knowledge of the NYPD and a network of police contacts extending from cop to four-star chief, to trace the experience of three officers on the Emergency Service entry team and the two bomb squad detectives who dismantled the live device. She follows their lives for five years, from that near-fatal day in 1997, through their encounters inside the brutal world of departmental politics, and on to 9/11, when they once again put their lives at risk in the fight against terrorism, racing inside the burning towers and sorting through the ash, debris, and body parts. Throughout this fast paced narrative, Hunt maintains a strikingly fine-grained, street-level view, allowing us to understand the cops on their own terms--and often in their own words. The result is a compelling insider's picture of the human beings who work in two elite units in the NYPD and the moral and physical danger and courage involved.

As gripping as an Ed McBain novel--and just as steeped in New York cop culture and personalities--Seven Shots takes readers on an unforgettable journey behind the shield and into the hearts of New York City police.

À propos de l?auteur: Jennifer C. Hunt is a sociologist and university professor. She has done fieldwork among police in New York City and Philadelphia and also worked in the training division of the NYPD. Her publications include police department training materials, as well as a book on ethnography.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Seven Shots: An NYPD Raid on a Terrorist ...
Éditeur : University of Chicago Press
Date d'édition : 2010
Reliure : Couverture rigide
Etat : Very Good