About this history book
The Black Banners: The Inside Story of 9/11 and the War Against al-Qaeda by Soufan, Ali H.; Freedman, Daniel is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
Review " ... this is an absorbing account of America's fightback after 9/11, full of revealing or amusing details ... So ultimately this book is cheering as well as fascinating, because it reveals the dedication of those who defend us, as well as the weird frailties of those who try to kill us." -- The Sunday Times "Although many have claimed to tell the inside story of the hunt for al-Qaeda, Ali Soufan has a better claim than most ... this is one of the most valuable and detailed accounts of its subject to appear in the past decade." -- The Economist. "Soufan describes many instances in which he uses his knowledge and a savvy rapport to exploit the personal foibles and intellectual weaknesses of his subjects ... The story of America's most famous Arab American FBI agent couldn't come at a more poignant time .." -- Mother Jones “In its cynical decision to censor the memoir of former F.B.I. Special Agent Ali Soufan, the C.I.A. is seeking to punish a critic and to obscure history.” (Lawrence Wright - *New Yorker* ) “Soufan describes many instances in which he uses his knowledge and a savvy rapport to exploit the personal foibles and intellectual weaknesses of his subjec
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- Author
- Soufan, Ali H.; Freedman, Daniel
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780393079425
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Social Science, Political Science, Fiction