Washington dc 2001 aei press (2 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Near Fine. Octavo, hardcover, fine in near fine black pictorial dj. 321 pp, illustrated. "[This] provacative and disturbing book argues powerfully that the shadowy mastermind of the 1993 bombing of New York's World Trade Center, Ramzi Yousef, was in fact an agent of Iraqi intelligence," an assertion that strongly implicates then-Iraqui dictator Saddam Hussein. Book.…

Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. black full cloth hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective brodart book jacket cover. very fine cond. mint cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in very fine cond. as new. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first printing (#1 in # line) of this revised edition. xxvi+323p.+ publishers statement & colophon. cast of characters. chronology. 2 appendices. notes. index. about the author. american history. middle east history. covert operations. conspiracy theory. military history. islam. ~ 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 Americas 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, Study of Revenge 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.…