Yossef Bodansky

The Secret History of the Iraq War by Yossef Bodansky. There are very few books that I will abandon midway through. This is one of them. I knew I was in for a rough ride when on the first page Bodansky gives a completely unsupported timeline for Iraq's WMD program. He thinks it existed all the way up to 2003. It gets stranger from their. Saddam gave the Palestinians chemical weapons. Iraq, Iran, the Palestinians and Egypt were about to attack Israel to preempt the American invasion. Sure show more they were. Of course no one actually is willing to go on the record discussing this barroom fantasy, fearing torture! Avoid like the plague. Garbage simply garbage. show less

Even though this book is 20 years old(1993)it gives a quite insightful look at Islamist terrorism, what motivates them, how they operate and their support networks. Including the nations involved. The title is a bit misleading as only the last two chapters are about terrorism in America. The first chapters are about why they are terrorists, their training and who trains them. The middle chapters are about how they operate in Europe.

It answered a few questions I had about how they operate show more and how they can deflect attention away from themselves afterwards. Anyone interested in this subject should give this book a read. My only real criticism is that the book could have been shorter. show less

A remarkable book explaining how Israel itself is targeted by the Muslim world, and how nothing has changed in the past 15 years. The current issue of the NY Times concerns a visit of Obama to Israel to talk "peace" and as did Clinton he will be meeting with Netanyahu. The role of Iraq is emphasized.

Long and almost too detailed, but shows a largely unrecognized part of the background behind current conflicts and how they are tied to other events.