I bought this book for my boyfriend and he loved it and would recommend it to anyone.

Sun-Tsu says know your enemy. These guys were not crazy kooks. Fanatical? Yes. Dangerous? Yes. Read this book with an open mind and learn something. They did not think like Americans (gee, that's because they weren't American!).

This book is at once scary and comforting. It is scary, because we are such an open society, we are always vulnerable. It is also comforting, because, these guys were not all that sophisticated and were only successful because we simply didn't have our act together. We were just complacent.

I say again - read this book and learn something. Do not rely solely on CNN or MSNBC. These terrorist are a real threat, but learn why!

The book and the movie come across very well. If you don't have the time to read the book, watch the Hamburg Cell. Both are excellent portrayals of the men who carried out the 9-11 attacks.

How does a engineer become a religious leader. He issues a fatwa, and declares himself the leader. His knowledge of his religion is sketchy. No problem for his followers. He himself might have participated in one battle, but mostly he lives in Peshawar, planning political intrigue. The he is Bin Ladin. This book is about the soldiers he recruited in planning his murders.
The book follows Atta and the other pilots in their religious education. Many of these individuals were trained in Hamburg, under generous provisions of the Germans. They used their training to perpetrate mass murder in the United States.
The book shows how Moslem fundamentalism is spreading on the campuses of Western countries. This book paints a disturbing portrait of what is happening under the very noses of the United States.

This was a great book with the background of the main characters in the 9/11 terrorist attacks on America. The author spent three years interviewing the backgroung of this organizers and planners of this event.

I am using this book for a review of my book club as I believe everyone should understand what we are up against with the thinking of these people to destroy America.

Letta Meinen