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The book mainly deals with the brief history of the World Trade Center and its fall on the 9th September, 2001 from the terrorists' attacks. The fall of 110 stories of 411 meters high towers, second in height only to the SEARS Towers in Chicago, was built at the cost of $750 millions in 1968-1973. The terrorist have also attacked the Pentagon, the military Head-Quarters of the US and crashed in Pennsylvania. All these attacks spread fear and chaos in the U.S. and President Bush ordered a full scale investigation to hunt down the folks who committed this act . The brain behind this barbaric act suspected to be Osama Bin Laden assisted by Mullah Mohammad Omar and others. This book deals with how the terrorists attacks sent chill through the spines of all the World's top leaders and their vow to fight terrorism. Led by the Allied Forces, the U.S. began its hunt to capture Bin Laden and his aide Omar and others. Sensing the stiff resistance to surrender from Bin Laden and Omar, the Allied forces declared war on the 7 October, 2001 against the Taliban led government in Afghanistan. In this book, the author gave the day-to-day details of the attacks carried out by the Allied forces and the bristling resistance offered by the Taliban. After thirty eight days of fierce battle, the Northern Alliance and the Allied forces took control of Afghanistan and installed a new governments headed by Hamid Karzai. During the interregnum period of terrorists attacks on WTC and subjugation of Afghanistan, the author also describes about the attack on the Indian Parliament on 13 December, 2001. All this is current history that shook the world. The avowed policy of all the governments is to fight terrorists who are shaking the very foundation of out civilised society. It is yet to be seen, how long the U.S. led forces take to ferret out the fugitives, capture Bin Laden and his group of terrorists. The book will make good addition to the library collection.

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Basetty Narsing Rao was born in 1938 in the historic city of Hyderabad. Andhra Pradesh. He is Graduate in Commerce. He also obtained a diploma in French Language. He joined the Government Service in 1959 and retired in 1996 after serving the government for about 36 years. He has enrolled as Advocate in the high Court of Andhra Pradesh. Rao is deeply interested in academic issues and current history. He wrote the history of about 250 important temples in Andhra Pradesh for the website of AP Temples.com. Professor L S Ramaiah, formerly University Librarian at the Ramesh Mohan Library, The English and Foreign Languages University, (EFLU), Hyderabad. He is a life member of the ILA, IASLIC, IATLIS, APLA, and the Academy of Library Science and Documentation, Hyderabad. He served on the UGC Library Panel, and a Member of the Raja Ram Mohan Roy Library Foundation. He was an Executive Committee Member of both the ILA and IASLIC.

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