Perfect Storm: The History and Anatomy of 26/11 - Brossura

Aloka, Prabhakar; Ravi, Nikhil

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0143475851 ISBN 13: 9780143475859

Casa editrice: Ebury Pr, 2025

Riassunto

Perfect Storm is the untold, full account of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks—an operation that shook the world and paralyzed India’s financial capital for 60 terrifying hours.

On the night of November 26, 2008, ten men slipped into Mumbai by sea and launched one of the most audacious terrorist strikes since 9/11. But the story of this attack began decades earlier. It spans continents, ideologies, intelligence failures, geopolitical rivalries, and a network of characters whose motives intersected in deadly ways.

Drawing on meticulous research, Perfect Storm peels back every layer of this conspiracy—tracing its roots from the violence surrounding Pakistan’s birth in 1947, through the shifting power dynamics of the post-9/11 world, to the operational decisions made inside militant training camps and intelligence units.

With unparalleled insight into counterterror operations, former Intelligence Bureau officer Prabhakar Aloka brings decades of firsthand experience to the narrative. Co-author Nikhil Ravi, a screenwriter and filmmaker known for documenting Indo-Pak flashpoints, adds cinematic clarity and investigative depth.

Together, they reconstruct the spider’s web behind 26/11—from dusty training camps and radicalization pipelines to encrypted hacker dens in Southeast Asia—offering an unprecedented look into the anatomy of a state-sponsored terror attack.

This is the definitive story of 26/11. Told fully. Told clearly. Told at last.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Prabhakar Aloka served in India’s Intelligence Bureau, the country’s premier intelligence agency with a history spanning more than 125 years. Over nearly three decades of service, he was rigorously trained in covert operations and worked extensively across counterterrorism, counterinsurgency, and anti-Naxalite operations. His career placed him at the center of some of India’s most challenging internal security environments.

Nikhil Ravi studied philosophy at the Manipal Centre for Humanities and is a screenwriter whose work includes co-writing the Netflix Original series IC814: The Kandahar Hijack.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Ebury Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2025
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0143475851
• ISBN 13: 9780143475859
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 256
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