内容简介
The creation of the Pentagon in seventeen whirlwind months
during World War II is one of the great construction feats in
American history, involving a tremendous mobilization of manpower,
resources, and minds. In astonishingly short order, Brigadier
General Brehon B. Somervell conceived and built an institution that
ranks with the White House, the Vatican, and a handful of other
structures as symbols recognized around the world. Now veteran
military reporter Steve Vogel reveals for the first time the
remarkable story of the Pentagon’s construction, from it’s dramatic
birth to its rebuilding after the September 11 attack.
作者简介
Steve Vogel is a veteran military reporter for The Washington
Post. His coverage of the war in Afghanistan was part of a package
of Washington Post stories selected as a finalist for the 2002
Pulitzer Prize. He covered the September 11 terrorist attack on the
Pentagon and subsequently reported in-depth on the victims of the
attack and the building’s reconstruction. The winner of several
journalism awards, Vogel covered the war in Iraq and the first Gulf
War, as well as U.S. military operations in Rwanda, Somalia, and
the Balkans. A graduate of the College of William and Mary, he
received a master’s degree in international public policy from the
Paul H. Nitze Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced
International Studies.
From the Hardcover edition.