The war against America - Laurie Mylroie

The destruction of the twin towers of the World Trade Center and the attack on the Pentagon - all within one hour on September 11, 2001 - demonstrated America's shocking vulnerability to terrorism. Yet terror had already emerged on America's shore's eight years earlier, when the mysterious terrorist mastermind, Ramzi Yousef (arrested after a botched attempt to down a dozen U.S. airlines) bombed the World Trace Center in an attempt to fell the buildings. His attacks were viewed as the harbinger of a new terrorism, carried out by an elusive enemy driven by religious fanaticism to unprecedented hatred of the United States. But is that perception accurate? A real-life detective story, THE WAR AGAINST AMERICA engages the reader in a gripping examination of the evidence regarding Yousef and his terrorism. It reveals the split between New York and Washington that emerged during the investigation and tells a terrifying tale of America left exposed and vulnerable following the mishandling of what was once the most ambitious terrorist attack ever attempted on U.S. soil.