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by Terry McDermott

Seeing themselves as soldiers of God, the September 11, 2001, hijackers felt they were fulfilling their religious obligations. "Perfect Soldiers" traces these men's lives and the evolution of their beliefs, putting a human face on a heinous act. 8-page photo insert.


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"The definitive book on the 19 men who brought such devastation and terror to this country ... a well-told, meticulously researched cautionary tale." -- Washington Post Book World

Using research undertaken in twenty countries on four continents, Los Angeles Times correspondent Terry McDermott provides gripping, authoritative portraits of the main players in the 9/11 plot. With brilliant reporting and thoughtful analysis, McDermott brings us a clearer, more nuanced, and in some ways more frightening, understanding of the landmark event of our time.

The attacks of September 11, 2001, were a calamity on a scale few had imagined possible. In their aftermath, we exaggerated the men who perpetrated the attacks, shaping hasty and often mistaken reporting into caricatures we could comprehend--monsters and master criminals equal to the enormity of their crime. In reality, the 9/11 hijackers were unexceptional men, not much different from countless others. It is this ordinary enemy, not the caricature, that we must understand if we are to have a legitimate hope of defeating terrorism.

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The attacks of September 11, 2001, were a calamity on a scale few had imagined possible. In their aftermath, we exaggerated the men who perpetrated the attacks, shaping hasty and often mistaken reporting into caricatures we could comprehend -- monsters and master criminals equal to the enormity of their crime. In reality, the 9/11 hijackers were unexceptional men, not much different from countless others. It is this ordinary enemy, not the caricature, that we must understand if we are to have a legitimate hope of defeating terrorism.

Using research undertaken in twenty countries on four continents, Los Angeles Times correspondent Terry McDermott provides gripping, authoritative portraits of the main players in the 9/11 plot. With brilliant reporting and thoughtful analysis, McDermott brings us a clearer, more nuanced, and in some ways more frightening, understanding of the landmark event of our time.

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  • Title Perfect Soldiers: The 9/11 Hijackers: Who They Were, Why They Did It
  • Author Terry McDermott
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Paperback
  • Pages 368
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Harper Perennial, New York, N.Y
  • Date 2006-08-15
  • ISBN 9780060584702 / 006058470X
  • Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.36 x 5.42 x 0.9 in (23.77 x 13.77 x 2.29 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 21st Century
  • Library of Congress subjects Terrorists, September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001
  • Dewey Decimal Code 303.625

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  • New York Times, 08/27/2006, Page 24
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