Article: `After: How America Confronted the September 12 Era' by Steven Brill; Simon & Schuster.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

Byline: Jeff Guinn

Lack of ambition has never been a problem for Steven Brill, either as a writer ("The Teamsters," an examination of that well-known yet shadowy organization) or as a media mogul ("The American Lawyer" and "Brill's Content," plus "Court TV.") Brill currently opines in print for Newsweek and on TV for NBC. Along the way, he has earned a well-deserved reputation for narcissism and for finding faults in others.

But nobody has ever accused Brill of being less than smart, or unwilling to work hard. "After" is, in every sense, pure Brill. Its goal is nothing less than the comprehensive documentation of how America reacted and ultimately ...

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