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A Hole in the World

An Unfolding Story of War, Protest and the New American Order

Jonathan Schell
June 2004     ISBN: 1560256001

After 9/11, Jonathan Schell wrote in The Nation: "On Tuesday morning, a piece was torn out of our world. A patch of blue sky that should not have been there opened up in the New York skyline. In my neighborhood--I live six blocks from the World Trade Center--the heavens were raining human beings. Our city was changed forever. Our country was changed forever. Our world was changed forever."

From these words blossomed a regular column by the celebrated former New Yorker writer on the new American way of living, dying and killing. Fierce and elegant, infused with Schell's characteristic compassion, these meditations were incisions into the received wisdoms of post-9/11 America. Drawing from historical precedents to comment on the current political and cultural situation, Schell presents compelling arguments against America's imperial ambitions, explores the dangers posed by the resurgence of nuclear proliferation and argues that the public can and must hold their leaders accountable for their actions. A Hole in the World captures a remarkable moment in American history, one that will have reverberations for many years to come.

About the Authors

Jonathan Schell is currently The Nation's peace and disarmament correspondent. He is the Harold Willens Peace Fellow at The Nation Institute fellow and the author of many books, including The Fate of the Earth, The Unconquerable World and A Hole in the World. Jonathan Schell lives in New York City.

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