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  • Hardcover: 352 pages
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (May 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0060584696
  • ISBN-13: 978-0060584696
  • Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 16 x 3.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Some home truths on how a tragic event occurred, 12 Jun 2009
By Siriam (London United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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I read this book in 2009 based on several reviewers stating it was the best researched story of how 9/11 happened (which is where the book actually finishes) and as such it certainly is the best I have read on a topic which has had reams written on it since that tragic day.

The evidence compiled for when it was printed in 2005 (as reflected in the comprehensive footnotes) shows a level of research by a trained journalist which is impressive - he is able to nail several matters where the confusion shown in other books is either incorrect analysis or simply ignores the full evidence.

But what makes this book such a great contribution to understanding the event is it proves three sad home truths:

1. The Al Quaeda organization despite its demonization since by others as an international terrrorist organization was never more than a very small and opportunistic cadre of plotters who were consistently amateurish as reflected by several mistakes it made but fortunate in that they were not picked up on (the best example is the study of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's activities in understanding how and what they achieved).

2.These key plotters were able to identify and use very ordinary people to commit the hijacking from among a large disillusioned and disaffected young muslims community which itself was disconnected from its families and roots after having visited Pakistan and Afghanistan camps post the Taliban take over and studying abroad especially in Germany.

3. Finally the luck of the plot not being discovered owed a lot to many security organizations (US and non-US) simply not as a matter of policy sharing and conferring and so not picking up on several events or available evidence as matters developed slowly over several months.

One suspects this will remain by far the best book on this aspect of 9/11 for some time.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Insight to a day the world will never forget, 2 April 2009
By Mrs. I. S. Young (Ireland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Perfect Soldiers: The 9/11 Hijackers - Who They Were, Why They Did It (Paperback)
I was very pleased I read this book after seeing it refered to as part of a Discovery programme I watched about 9/11.It gives a lot of background information on how the terrorist camps and cells are set up.The only fault with it was that you had to keep refering to the notes at the back of the book.
This did not interfere with the story too much and I have just started reading it again after several months.A good book on the subject.
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