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In the moment of greatest calamity : terrorism, grief, and a victim's quest for justice / Susan F. Hirsch.

Title
In the moment of greatest calamity : terrorism, grief, and a victim's quest for justice / Susan F. Hirsch.
Author
Hirsch, Susan F.
Publication
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2006.

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Description
xi, 295 p. : ill., map; 24 cm.
Summary
"On August 7, 1998, bombs exploded at two United States embassies in East Africa. American anthropologist Susan Hirsch and her husband Jamal, a Kenyan, were among the thousands of victims, and Jamal died. From there, Hirsch went on to face devastating grief with the help of friends and families on two continents, observing the mourning rituals of her husband's community to honor him. When the alleged bombers were captured and sent to New York to stand trial, she witnessed first-hand the attempts of America's criminal justice system to handle terrorism through the law. In the Moment of Greatest Calamity is her story-a tale told on many levels: personal, anthropological, legal, and, finally, political. The book's central chapters describe Hirsch's experience of the bombing trials in a Manhattan federal court in 2001, including a behind-the-scenes look at the investigation leading up to the trial, encounters with some of the FBI's leading terrorism investigators, and many moments of drama from the proceedings themselves. Hirsch reveals the inner conflict that results from her opposition to the death penalty and concludes that the trial was both flawed and indispensable."-- Book jacket.
Subject
  • Hirsch, Susan F
  • Abdalla, Abdurahman Mohamed
  • 1998
  • Victims of terrorism > Africa, East > Biography
  • Americans > Africa, East > Biography
  • United States Embassy Bombing, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 1998
  • Trials (Terrorism) > New York (State) > New York
  • United States Embassy Bombing, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 1998
Genre/Form
Biographies
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-288) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction -- Becoming a Swahili widow -- Recognizing new identities -- Recounting chaos -- Exposing a conspiracy -- Proving a "jihad job" -- A victim's burden -- Dramatic exposures -- Representing the defendant -- Conclusion.
ISBN
  • 9780691121369 (alk. paper)
  • 0691121362
LCCN
^^2005037885
OCLC
  • 62782202
  • SCSB-10072277
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library