Perfect Soldiers: The 9/11 Hijackers: Who They Were, Why They Did It

by McDermott, Terry
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ISBN: 9780060584702
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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.

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: McDermott, Terry
  • ISBN: 9780060584702
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 9.36 x 0.90
  • Number Of Pages: 368
  • Publication Year: 2006

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