This must
be the definitive account of 9/11. The
shockwaves of the September 11, 2001 attacks in America
reverberate to this day. Though Osama Bin Laden has been
killed, questions remain. What exactly happened? Could 9/11
have been prevented? How and why did so much acrimony and
misinformation arise from the ashes of the World Trade
Center, the Pentagon and a quiet field in Pennsylvania? And
what has yet to be revealed? The Eleventh Day, written with
access to thousands of recently released official documents,
is updated for this edition −and reports on a development
which the former chairman of Congress' 9/11 probe describes
as the "most important in years"T
New in card
cover - 864pp, illustrations
Transworld, 2012
ISBN 9780552156189
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£19.99
THE 9/11 COMMISSION REPORT
The
authorised edition of The United States Government
Commission’s Final Report provides a full and complete
account of the circumstances surrounding the September 11th,
2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New
York and the Pentagon in Washington DC. This fascinating
document examines the preparedness for, and the immediate
response to the attacks. It also includes recommendations to
guard against future attacks. Though it is an official
report, the narrative tells the story in a readable and
interesting manner.
Within weeks of 9/11, United States Special Operations
Forces were dropping into Afghanistan to lead the war
against Al Qaeda and the Taliban. For over a decade
special forces have been fighting a hidden war in Iraq,
Pakistan, Syria, Somalia, Mali and Afghanistan, facing off
against a range of insurgents from organisations like al
Qaeda, al Shabaab, Boko Haram and the Taliban. Leigh Neville
draws on declassified material and first-hand-accounts from
SOF contacts to lift the veil of secrecy from these
operations, giving an unprecedented blow-by-blow description
of major Special Forces operations, culminating in SEAL Team
6's Operation Neptune Spear and the killing of Osama bin
Laden.
New in d/w -
352pp, numerous b/w & colour illustrations
OSPREY RAID 45: KILLING BIN LADEN-OPERATION
NEPTUNE SPEAR
by Peter Panzeri. Illustrated by
Johnny Shumate
On May 2, 2011 a ten-year manhunt drew to a deadly end as
the men of the US Naval Special Warfare Development Group
(SEAL Team Six) closed in on their prey, Osama Bin Laden,
the mastermind of the 9/11 World Trade Center attack. Flown
from Afghanistan by Army Special Operations Command's 160th
Special Operations Aviation Regiment, two US MH-X
helicopters flew towards the compound where they believed
Bin Laden to be. Forty minutes later one helicopter had
crashed and five enemy were dead, including Bin Laden. In
this book the story of the raid is told using specially
commissioned full-colour artwork, photographs, and maps. The
operation, codenamed Neptune Spear, is expertly analyzed and
the events are told in a concise and clear account of its
build-up, execution, and aftermath.
New in card cover -
A4 format, 80pp, numerous colour illustrations, plans,
maps & b/w photos
The Great Terror War provides an
examination of the attacks on the World Trade Center on
September 11, 2001 linking them to the breadth of more
traditional forms of terrorism. This book differentiates
between terror rooted in unresolved conflicts or unfinished
national projects (such as the Basque or Kashmiri
movements), and the apocalyptic underpinnings of the
September 11th attacks. The author discusses the use of
weapons of mass destruction, genocidal intent, and suicidal
warriors.
