“I should have read this book when I first received it, in 2005 -- and before so many other writers commented on this subject. Now, in 2008, so much of the content seems "old" and even perhaps a bit superficial. A better book for truly understanding Al Queda, for instance, is The Looming Tower. (Clarke seems more preoccupied with documenting and covering his own tracks.) However, Clarke's book DID bring home strongly the warnings we had prior to Sept. 11 and the hard work that many put in...”

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