Rudy's account of his experiences, decisions and actions during his tenure as mayor of NYC is remarkable effort to portray the order of the day in life of city from all perspectives: social, political, cultural, economic and administration.
He renders informative insights into his philosophy(ies) followed, challenges faced and results expected vis-a-vis realized.
Rudy lends view on his reactions and thought process while presiding over the recovery from tragic 9/11 attacks on NYC, eliciting details of plans created on the feed and acted upon to ensure maximize relief operations as well as effectively control further damage.
Rudy's account is another way to look at complicated nature of job as Mayor of city like NYC. One only wonders, how much more this complication is amplifies at level of the President.
Indeed worth a read.

Rudy... We get it. You were there as 9/11 unfolded...

Good book. It’s about the former mayor of New York City and the events around 9/11.

I used this book to teach with many years ago and it was very well written. Unfortunately and sadly, he's lost his mind and most of what he writes about herein he has abandoned.

The book itself is less about Rudy Giuliani or September 11th and more your basic “how to get ahead” book. While the basic morals were often trite and over done; I thought the examples about the behind the scenes work that took place to clean up New York was fascinating.

The book is organized in chapters each of which discusses one moral or principle that Rudy believes makes a good leader. The chapter then lists examples of situations where this principle held true. I would have rather just read about how New York was cleaned up.

Update 12/2011 - I don't even remember reading this book, let alone was about. Could not have been 3-stars. Downgrade

Regrettably, Giuliani spends time in this book trying to convince his readers that his private life (as played out in the NY press) did not compromise his ability to lead. While I admire his handling of the 9/11 events and his role in reducing NY crime, I wonder how much more effective he might have been if not for the distractions he rationalizes, and expect that serious students of the art and science of leadership would voice similar concerns.

Regardless of what you think of Giuliani’s politics, it is undeniable that his leadership helped guide New York and even America through one of the darkest times in our history. This book details the leadership principles that led him to becoming the mayor of NYC and ultimately helped him get a city through one of the worst crises imaginable. Highly recommend.

Why did I bail? I think I bought this book when we actually liked Giuliani during the whole 9/11 horror, but now that I know what the guy is really like, I have no interest in reading his book.

The only worthwhile part was the introduction where Giuliani shares his story of what happened on 9/11. The rest is poorly written and forgettable.

Mayor Giuliani shares leadership principles which are truly wise and effective. Thank God in all His wisdom for placing Rudy in
the position as mayor of New York during the exact time that he was "The World's Mayor". I truly believe that we Americans were able to rally following the 9/11 attacks one our country because of the capable leadership of this man in New York City.

This is a MUST read.

I read this because I wanted to understand how Giuliani did such a great job during 9/11. Leadership styles differ, but in such a crisis a leader is tested to the limit. Giuliani appeared to me (from a few thousand miles away) to do a great job in providing focus for galvanising the reactions from a stunned population and providing a figure people could rally to. No-one says that leaders are not ego-driven, but Giuliani takes it to an extreme I have rarely seen. The number of times 'I' or 'me' is used illustrates a personality that is almost dangerous outside that moment in time when it was what was needed.

An interesting book about leadership and the key points to being a successful leader