Perfect Soldiers

The attacks of September 11, 2001, were a calamity on an unimaginable scale. In their aftermath, reports about the men who perpetrated the attacks were often exaggerated and distorted, producing caricatures of monsters and master criminals equal to the enormity of their crime. But the terrifying reality is that the 9/11 hijackers and their cohorts were not much different from many other people. Award-winning reporter Terry McDermott set out to understand what could turn apolitical, only mildly religious people into violent fundamentalist terrorists. Traveling to twenty countries on four continents, McDermott creates portraits of the main players of the 9/11 plot. He brings us a clearer, more nuanced and in some ways more frightening picture of the landmark tragedy of our time. Terry McDermott has been a reporter at eight newspapers for twenty-five years, the last seven at the Los Angeles Times, where he is a national correspondent. He has won prizes for his journalism in a number of fields, including foreign affairs, economics, and science. 'Absorbing ... [A] richly textured narrative full of the sort of small, telling details that turn these men from faceless figures of evil into individuals.'-New York Times

Product details

• Authors: Terry McDermott
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.05.2005
• EAN: 9780060584696
• ISBN: 978-0-06-058469-6
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 240 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; HISTORY: 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN, HISTORY: United States / 21st Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE: World / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Islamic Studies, HISTORY: Middle East / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE: Terrorism, POLITICAL SCIENCE: American Government / State, POLITICAL SCIENCE: Security (National & International), POLITICAL SCIENCE: Geopolitics, SCIENCE: History, HISTORY: Wars & Conflicts / World War I