
The Terror Years
From al-Qaeda to the Islamic State
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Narrated by:
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John H. Mayer
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Lawrence Wright
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By:
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Lawrence Wright
Ten powerful pieces first published in The New Yorker recall the path terror in the Middle East has taken from the rise of al-Qaeda in the 1990s to the recent beheadings of reporters and aid workers by ISIS.
With the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Looming Tower, Lawrence Wright became generally acknowledged as one of our major journalists writing on terrorism in the Middle East. This collection draws on several articles he wrote while researching that book, as well as many that he's written since, following where and how al-Qaeda and its core cult-like beliefs have morphed and spread. They include an indelible impression of Saudi Arabia, a kingdom of silence under the control of the religious police; the Syrian film industry, then compliant at the edges but already exuding a feeling of the barely masked fury that erupted into civil war; and the 2006-11 Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Gaza, a study in disparate values of human lives. Others continue to look into al-Qaeda as it forms a master plan for its future, experiences a rebellion from within the organization, and spins off a growing web of terror in the world. The American response is covered in profiles of two FBI agents and a chief of the CIA. It ends with the recent devastating piece about the capture and beheading by ISIS of four American journalists and aid workers, and how our government failed to handle the situation.
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I was looking for more analysis and details on the completed operations of ISIL and the impact in the region and counterterrorism. I guess I will look elsewhere.
Compelling book that skips analysis for narratives
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All was well but in prologue was bad
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Not the Looming Tower but stands it's ground
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Factual, but soft
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great
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cia did not create the internet.
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Terrorism can be understood.
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Subject Matter Expert
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Would you listen to The Terror Years again? Why?
Maybe, if I have questions regarding the subject matter and I want to review.What did you like best about this story?
Incredibly well researched, nobody does their homework better than Wright.Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
When the surviving hostages explained their experiences and how they felt about the people who were left behind and eventually killed.Any additional comments?
I was hoping for more information regarding the founders of ISIS similar to what Wright did with Looming Tower.Still great, but not quite Looming Tower
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Reporters experiences
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