The Inside Story of 9/11 and the War Against al-Qaeda
W. W. Norton & Company
September 2011
On Sale: September 12, 2011
608 pages ISBN: 0393079422 EAN: 9780393079425 Kindle: B005KL5Q8A Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
On September 11, 2001, FBI Special Agent Ali H. Soufan was handed a secret file. Had he received it months earlierβwhen it was requestedβthe attacks on New York and Washington could have been prevented. During his time on the front lines, Soufan helped thwart plots around the world and elicited some of the most important confessions from terrorists in the war against al-Qaedaβwithout laying so much as a hand on them. Most of these stories have never been reported before, and never by anyone with such intimate firsthand knowledge.
This narrative account of America's successes and failures against al-Qaeda is essential to an understanding of the terrorist group. We are taken into hideouts and interrogation rooms. We have a ringside seat at bin Laden's personal celebration of the 9/11 bombings. Such riveting details show us not only how terrorists think and operate but also how they can be beaten and brought to justice.
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