War Against America: Saddam Hussein and the World Trade Center Attacks: A Study of Revenge (Rev) - Softcover

Mylroie, Laurie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 006009771X ISBN 13: 9780060097714

Publisher: Harper Paperbacks, 2001

Synopsis

The destruction of the twin towers of the World Trade Center and the attack on the Pentagon -- all within one hour on September 11, 2001 -- demonstrated America's shocking vulnerability to terrorism.

Yet terror had already emerged on America's shores eight years earlier, when the mysterious terrorist mastermind, Ramzi Yousef (arrested after a botched attempt to down a dozen U.S. airlines) bombed the World Trade Center in an attempt to fell the buildings.His attacks were viewed as the harbinger of a new terrorism, carried out by an elusive enemy driven by religious fanaticism to unprecedented hatred of the United States.

But is that perception accurate? A real-life detective story, The War Against America engages the reader in a gripping examination of the evidence regarding Yousef and his terrorism. It reveals the split between New York and Washington that emerged during the investigation and tells a terrifying tale of America left exposed and vulnerable following the mishandling of what was once the most ambitious terrorist attack ever attempted on U.S. soil.

About this title

About the Author:

Laurie Mylroie, publisher of the online newsletter Iraq News, is an adjunct fellow at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C. and has taught at Harvard University and the U.S. Naval War College. She is the coauthor, with Judith Miller, of the New York Times number-one bestseller Saddam Hussein and the Crisis in the Gulf.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 006009771X
• ISBN 13: 9780060097714
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 348