Why America Slept: The Reasons Behind Our Failure to Prevent 9/11 - Tapa blanda

Posner, Gerald

 
9780812966237: Why America Slept: The Reasons Behind Our Failure to Prevent 9/11
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ISBN 10: 0812966236 ISBN 13: 9780812966237
Editorial: Ballantine Books, 2004

Sinopsis

The author of Case Closed offers an inside look at the terrorist attacks on September 11th and the reasons why the disaster was not prevented, discussing how breakdowns in intelligence, political infighting, and communications allowed terrorists to make an unprecedented attack on American soil. Reprint.

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\Gerald Posner, a former Wall Street lawyer, is an award-winning author of eight books on subjects ranging from Nazi war criminals, to assassinations, to the careers of politicians. A frequent commentator on television talk and news shows, he has also written for many national publications, including The New York Times, The New Yorker, Time, Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, and U.S. News & World Report. He lives in Miami and New York City with his wife, the author Trisha Posner. More information is available at www.posner.com.

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Since 9/11, one important question has persisted: What was really going on behind the scenes with intelligence services and government leaders during the time preceding that terrible day? After an eighteen-month investigation, Gerald Posner reveals much previously undisclosed information, including details about a secret deal between Saudi Arabia and Osama bin Laden; how the U.S. government missed several chances to kill or capture bin Laden; how the CIA tracked–and then lost–two of the hijackers when they entered the United States months before the attacks; the devastating consequences of the crippling rivalry between the CIA and FBI; and the startling account of top al Qaeda captive whose information subsequently led to a trail of mysterious deaths of Saudi Arabian princes and Pakistani military leaders.<br><i>Why America Slept</i> exposes the frequent mistakes made by law enforcement and government agencies, and demonstrates how the failures to prevent 9/11 were tragically not an exception but typical. In the end, Posner makes a damning case that the terrorist attacks could have been prevented.

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Editorial
Ballantine Books
Año de publicación
2004
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0812966236
ISBN 13 
9780812966237
Encuadernación
Libro de bolsillo
Número de páginas
288
Contacto del fabricante
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