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The untold story of how the 9/11 Commission overcame partisanship
and bureaucracy to produce its acclaimed report.
From the beginning, the 9/11 Commission found itself facing
obstacles -- the Bush administration blocked its existence for
months, the first co-chairs resigned right away, the budget was
limited, and a polarized Washington was suspicious of its every
request. Yet despite these long odds, the Commission produced a
bestselling report unanimously hailed for its objectivity, along
with a set of recommendations that led to the most significant
reform of America's national security agencies in decades. This is
a riveting insider's account of Washington at its worst -- and its
best.
Amy Schapiro has written the first biography of Millicent Fenwick,
the popular and colorful New Jersey congresswoman. Affectionately
remembered as the pipe-smoking grandmother who many believe served
as the model for Garry Trudeau's Doonesbury character Lacey
Davenport, Fenwick transcended that stereotype to become, in the
words of Walter Cronkite, "the conscience of Congress." Born in
1910 into comfortable circumstances, Fenwick faced tragedy at an
early age when her mother was lost in the sinking of the Lusitania.
Following an upper-class childhood and a failed marriage, she began
a fourteen-year career at Vogue magazine. In the 1960s, Fenwick
became involved in the civil rights movement and took part in local
and state politics in New Jersey. Blessed with striking good looks
and a sharp wit, she cut a glamorous figure, rising quickly through
the ranks of the state Republican party at a time when most of her
peers were retiring. When this colorful, outspoken figure-one of
only five New Jersey women ever elected to Congress-went to
Washington in 1975 at age sixty-four, her victory was portrayed by
the media as a "geriatric triumph." Schapiro's extensive interviews
with Fenwick's son, Hugh, who granted her exclusive rights to
Fenwick's personal papers, oral histories, letters, and
photographs, provide rare insight into the life and career of one
of America's most memorable politicians. Amy Schapiro is a native
New Jerseyan who currently lives in the Washington, D.C., area and
works at the U.S. Department of Justice.
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