Perfect Soldiers
The 9/11 Hijackers: Who They Were, Why They Did It
"The definitive book on the 19 men who brought such devastation and terror to this country … a well-told, meticulously researched cautionary tale." — Washington Post Book WorldUsing research undertaken in twenty countries on four continents, Los Angeles Times correspondent Terry McDermott provides gripping, authoritative portraits of the main players in the 9/11 plot. With brilliant reporting and thoughtful analysis, McDermott brings us a clearer, more nuanced, and in some ways more frightening, understanding of the landmark event of our time.The attacks of September 11, 2001, were a calamity on a scale few had imagined possible. In their aftermath, we exaggerated the men who perpetrated the attacks, shaping hasty and often mistaken reporting into caricatures we could comprehend—monsters and master criminals equal to the enormity of their crime. In reality, the 9/11 hijackers were unexceptional men, not much different from countless others. It is this ordinary enemy, not the caricature, that we must understand if we are to have a legitimate hope of defeating terrorism.
The attacks of September 11, 2001, were a calamity on a scale few had imagined possible. In their aftermath, we exaggerated the men who perpetrated the attacks, shaping hasty and often mistaken reporting into caricatures we could comprehend -- monsters and master criminals equal to the enormity of their crime. In reality, the 9/11 hijackers were unexceptional men, not much different from countless others. It is this ordinary enemy, not the caricature, that we must understand if we are to have a legitimate hope of defeating terrorism.Using research undertaken in twenty countries on four continents, Los Angeles Times correspondent Terry McDermott provides gripping, authoritative portraits of the main players in the 9/11 plot. With brilliant reporting and thoughtful analysis, McDermott brings us a clearer, more nuanced, and in some ways more frightening, understanding of the landmark event of our time.
| Autor: | McDermott, Terry |
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| ISBN: | 9780060584702 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Verlag: | Harper Collins (US) |
| Veröffentlicht: | 15.08.2006 |
| Untertitel: | The 9/11 Hijackers: Who They Were, Why They Did It |
| Schlagworte: | 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100 HISTORY: 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN HISTORY: Middle East / General HISTORY: United States / 21st Century POLITICAL SCIENCE: American Government / State POLITICAL SCIENCE: Geopolitics POLITICAL SCIENCE: Security (National & International) POLITICAL SCIENCE: Terrorism POLITICAL SCIENCE: World / General Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups SCIENCE: History SOCIAL SCIENCE: Islamic Studies Social groups: religious groups and communities |
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