September 28, 2001

Tragedy at the Pentagon

To the Editor:

Readers of The Chronicle may have seen an excerpt from my recent book in the September 14 issue of The Review ("Bombing the Pentagon," Mélange). The barbarism unleashed against innocent human beings on September 11 has, in an instant, transformed the complex landscape of American consciousness into a single nightmare. Like most people, I'm filled with horror and grief for those murdered and harmed, for their families and friends, and for all of us who will be