Rudy Giuliani

ex-MayorOfNyc

• tried to keep himself in office after the World Trade Center attack

ex-UsAttorney

• tough on the Mafia - http://www.americanmafia.com/Feature_Articles_282.html

• tough on Wall St/White Collar Crime? or were they just empty headlines? Lots of Perp Walk-s, but few convictions.

controversies http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversies_of_Rudy_Giuliani

Books about Rudy Giuliani

• 2000: Wayne Barrett: Rudy!: An Investigative Biography of Rudy Giuliani ISBN:1413219381

  • http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/07/30/reviews/000730.30habermt.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

  • http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_15_52/ai_63948480

• 2005: Fred Siegel: Prince of the City: Giuliani, New York and the Genius of American Life ISBN:1594030847 treating Rudy Giuliani as Machiavelli's Prince (in the "good" sense)

  • interview with Siegel - Giuliani's greatest accomplishment was in reviving the neighborhoods of New York so long undermined by crime and Welfare. More than making the city governable again, he restored hope to the aspiring poor, who once again had a chance to better themselves by taking advantage of what he called "the genius of American life."

  • review by Reihan Salam

  • http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/view/1466/1/108

• 2006: Wayne Barrett (again): Grand Illusion: The Untold Story of Rudy Giuliani and 9/11 ISBN:0060536608

  • interview with Barrett

  • Barrett piece

  • KirkusReviews: Giuliani's subsequent claims that he had expected and had been preparing for a terrorist attack since taking office do not match the facts, which the authors explore in abundant (and just this side of numbing) detail. Giuliani, for instance, detailed an Office of Emergency Management, but then located its headquarters inside what had long been identified as a prime target-the World Trade Center.

    • Jan'2008: memo leaked from NYPD in 1998 saying they thought that was a bad location.

  • Kit Roane review

  • Ellis Henican review

  • Aug'2007 Barrett article on Rudy Giuliani's Five Big Lies About 9/11