This highly anticipated book from New York City's controversial, yet beloved former mayor opens with a gripping account of Giuliani's immediate reaction to the September 11 attacks. Beginning with his narrow escape from the original crisis command headquarters, it closes with the efforts to address the aftermath during his remaining four months in office. Yet, he argues, he did not suddenly become a great leader on September 11. "[I] had been doing [my] best to take on challenges my whole career."