A History of the World Since 9/11

A History of the World Since 9/11

by Dominic Streatfeild (Author)

Synopsis

In A History of the World Since 9/11 Dominic Streatfeild expertly combines history, biography and investigative journalism to show how a massacre on a clear September day in 2001 has touched the lives of millions of people around the world. In a series of brilliantly interlinked chapters he shows how an Afghani wedding party; and a gas station proprietor in Texas; and a planespotter in Mallorca have been affected, sometimes devastatingly, by the American response to the attacks on the Twin Towers.

Streatfeild shows how the sleep of reason and good sense in successive US administrations post-9/11 has brought forth the monsters of extraordinary rendition, Guantanamo Bay, extrajudicial execution and wholesale contravention of international law. This is a work that informs as it entertains and induces outrage as it inspires.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 408
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Published: 01 Feb 2011

ISBN 10: 184354766X
ISBN 13: 9781843547662
Book Overview: From Samuel Johnson Prize Shortlisted author Dominic Streatfeild comes a brilliantly original and stunningly readable work of investigative history which paints an revealing picture of the world since the attacks on the World Trade Centre. Essential reading for fans of Naiomi Klein and Michael Moore.

Media Reviews

Marvellously engrossing... Streatfeild's narrative control cannot be faulted. You know where every
story is going, but how it gets there is always a thrill. His research is formidable.

* Sunday Times on BRAINWASHED *
Author Bio
Dominic Streatfeild is the author of: Cocaine: An Unauthorized Biography and Brainwash: The Secret History of Mind Control which was shotlisted for the Samuel Johnson prize. He is also a documentary maker specialising in military and security issues. His television work includes BBC2's Exocet - detailing MI6 and the SAS's clandestine war for the Falkland Islands and exposing the real reasons for the loss of HMS Sheffield - and the Discovery Channel's series Age of Terror, examining the roots of political violence. Airing in over 100 countries, Age of Terror included interviews with members of 18 terrorist groups including FARC, the IRA, The Shining Path and Hezbollah. The series won a British Broadcast Award in 2003.