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In September 1971 the inmates of Attica prison revolted, took hostages, and forced the authorities into four days of desperate negotiation. At the outset the rebels demanded—and were granted—the presence of a group of observers to act as unofficial mediators.
Tom Wicker, then the associate editor of The New York Times, was one of those summoned. In four crucial days, he learned more, saw more, and felt more than in most of the rest of his life. In the end, a police attack was launched, and as a result dozens of prisoners, as well as prison employees, were killed.
Hour by painful hour, this account moves toward its ultimate, and needless, tragedy. A Time to Die is not just another exposure of prison conditions (which are valuable!): it is a gripping suspense story, and it raises questions that all democratic societies will have to try to answer.
Tom Wicker, then the associate editor of The New York Times, was one of those summoned. In four crucial days, he learned more, saw more, and felt more than in most of the rest of his life. In the end, a police attack was launched, and as a result dozens of prisoners, as well as prison employees, were killed.
Hour by painful hour, this account moves toward its ultimate, and needless, tragedy. A Time to Die is not just another exposure of prison conditions (which are valuable!): it is a gripping suspense story, and it raises questions that all democratic societies will have to try to answer.
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