The Prince of the City
Giuliani, New York, and the Genius of American Life

Even non-New Yorkers are aware of Mayor Giuliani's leadership following the attack of 9/11. But this book details much more of Giuliani's years as Mayor of N.Y. Siegel portrays the Mayor as a tireless and shrewd tactician and a visionary leader. The book shows how NY was turned around during the Giu......more

An interesting take on the place of Giuliani in NYC history that acts as a counterbalance of sorts to more left-leaning accounts (that is to say, this book certainly leans right). The lack of citations/general academic polish is a little disappointing for what Siegel is attempting to measure up again......more

This is a great book on the Giuliani administration and its effect on New York. The author is clearly very favorable to Giuliani and incredibly critical of prior administrations. I'm not sure whether to call it bias: from what I can tell, for decades, New York was a city falling in on itself, a pris......more

This is a wonderful biography of Rudy Giuliani and an analysis of his era. My favorite part of the book, and the part that I think is the most powerfully written, is the ending centering around the 9/11 terror attacks. It's one of those books that makes me sigh and think of what could have been, had......more

This book was interesting because it illustrated to me Guiliani's "broken windows" policy approach to NY City problems in the early 90s -- his overhaul of the city's schools, subway and police department -- but it is an almost completely uncritical look at the mayor and SO poorly written that I subt......more