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In the Moment of Greatest Calamity
Susan F. Hirsch
Terrorism, Grief, and a Victim's Quest for Justice
Princeton University Press
September 2006
On Sale: September 18, 2006
310 pages
ISBN: 0691121362
EAN: 9780691121369
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir
On August 7, 1998, bombs exploded at two United States
embassies in East Africa. American anthropologist Susan
Hirsch and her husband Jamal, a Kenyan, were among the
thousands of victims, and Jamal died. From there, Hirsch
went on to face devastating grief with the help of friends
and families on two continents, observing the mourning
rituals of her husband's community to honor him. When the
alleged bombers were captured and sent to New York to stand
trial, she witnessed firsthand the attempts of America's
criminal justice system to handle terrorism through the
law. In the Moment of Greatest Calamity is her
story--a tale told on many levels: personal,
anthropological, legal, and, finally, political. The book's
central chapters describe Hirsch's experience of the bombing
trials in a Manhattan federal court in 2001, including a
behind-the-scenes look at the investigation leading up to
the trial, encounters with some of the FBI's leading
terrorism investigators, and many moments of drama from the
proceedings themselves. Hirsch reveals the inner conflict
that results from her opposition to the death penalty and
concludes that the trial was both flawed and
indispensable. Hirsch's story of this tragedy and its
legal aftermath comes to life through--and is enhanced
by--her skills as a social scientist. Her unique viewpoint
makes it unlike any other story about terrorism.
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