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The Hunt For KSM: Inside The Pursuit And Takedown Of The Real 9/11 Mastermind, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (2012)

by Terry McDermott(Favorite Author)

3.97 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0316186597 (ISBN13: 9780316186599)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Little, Brown and Company

review 1: Incredibly disappointing.I learnt almost nothing new from reading the book.I still have no idea about KSM. I only seem to have learned about what kinds of beer his FBI investigators liked to drink, or what music they listened to when they were working out, and these kinds of details.The authors seem to take it as a given that Mohammad was a 'terrorist' and that this label explains everything that he worked towards. The book offers no real explanation of his behaviour, no sense of his inner life, and no sense of having understood what made him tick. Certainly, I was no wiser having read this book.Save your money. Don't buy this book.
review 2: First, I'm required to note that I won this book in Goodreads' First Reads giveaway. Second, this was a great book. Mu... morech in the same vein of "Triple Agent", which I read a while ago, this is a very in depth look at Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks. This book cataloged KSM's life, his education in the US, joining the fight in Afghanistan against the Soviets, and his subsequent activities efforts to terrorize America and Israel. I don't think that I realized what a big deal this guy was, and it's worrying how little US intelligence and FBI knew about him as well, until he was implicated as planning 9/11. This book also spent a good amount of time describing the counter-terrorism efforts of the CIA and FBI post 9/11, contrasting the different styles of both departments and how both approaches could be effective or not. Very good book if for everyone who'd like a better understanding of Islamic terrorism and the War on Terror. less

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