In the book 9/11, which was released in November 2001 and is considered perhaps the most controversial book of the new era initiated by 9/11, the world-renowned thinker Noam Chomsky bridges a gap of information regarding the attacks on the World Trade Center, managing to penetrate the dense mixture of political opportunism, self-serving patriotism, and conformism that stifled what was said and written in America in the immediate months that followed.

Chomsky places the attacks in a context and leverages his deep and detailed knowledge of U.S. foreign policy to outline the history of American political aggression - in the Middle East, Latin America, as well as in Indonesia, Afghanistan, India, and Pakistan.

At the same time, he sounds the alarm about the increasing recourse of the U.S. to war rhetoric and military violence as means of reaction to the attacks and presents the crucial argument that has been omitted by the mainstream media and public intellectuals: Any escalation of violence in response to violence will inevitably lead to even more and bloodier attacks against innocents in America and around the world.

The book reminds us that today, just as much as ten years ago, information and clarity remain the most valuable tools in our struggle to prevent future acts of violence against innocents. This new edition of 9/11, released on the tenth anniversary of the attacks, includes an important piece by Chomsky titled 'Was There an Alternative?', which critically comments on the assassination of Bin Laden.