Table of Contents
Acknowledgments.
The Interviewees.
PART I: THE SOFTER, GENTLER RUDY GIULIANI.
1 The Mayor’s Poignant Last State of the City Address.
2 Who Is Rudy Giuliani?
PART II: BEGINNINGS: BROOKLYN AND LONG ISLAND.
3 A Yankee Fan in “God’s Kingdom”: Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School.
PART III: CRIME BUSTER.
4 From Street-Smart Rudy in the Ivy League Southern District of New York (SDNY) to Number Three in the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Attorney for the SDNY: A Smaller Pond in the Swim to City Hall?
5 Prosecutorial Hits and Misses.
PART IV: THE POLITICAL AGENDA.
6 Act One: Rudy the Loser.
7 Act Two, Scene One: Rudy the Winner.
PART V: THE FIRST TERM: JANUARY 2, 1994–DECEMBER 31, 1997.
8 Getting the Giuliani Administration Up and Running.
9 Administrative Style.
10 Hizzoner the Mayor: Saint Rudy or Mussolini on the Hudson?
11 The Mayor and the NYPD.
PART VI: THREE TRAGIC INCIDENTS: THE ISSUE OF EXCESSIVE FORCE BY THE NYPD.
12 Louima.
13 Diallo.
14 Dorismond.
PART VII: THE SECOND TERM: JANUARY 1, 1998–DECEMBER 31, 2001.
15 Act Two, Scene Two: Rudy the Winner.
PART VIII: SEPTEMBER 11.
16 Heroism, Grief, and Decision.
17 Wednesday-Morning Quarterbacking.
18 The Aftermath.
PART IX: LIFE AFTER CITY HALL.
19 Giuliani Partners, or Rudy the Very, Very, Very Rich Man.
20 Gazing into the Crystal Ball: The Presidency in Rudy’s Future.
Index.