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In a series of brilliantly interlinked chapters, Streatfeild shows how an Afghani wedding party; and a gas station proprietor in Texas; and a planespotter in Mallorca have been affected, sometimes devastatingly, by the American response to the attacks on the Twin Towers. Streatfeild shows how the sleep of reason and good sense in successive US administrations post-9/11 has brought forth the monsters of extraordinary rendition, Guantanamo Bay, extrajudicial execution and wholesale contravention of international law. This is a work that informs as it entertains and induces outrage as it inspires.

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Marvellously engrossing... Streatfeild's narrative control cannot be faulted. You know where every story is going, but how it gets there is always a thrill. His research is formidable. * Sunday Times on BRAINWASHED * This is a highly readable book, penetrating in its insights and clear in its arguments. * The Australian * Anger crackles from every page of this book. * Daily Telegraph *

<p> A History of the World Since 9/11 takes us on an eminently readable and conversational trip through the complicated world surrounding the 9/11 attacks. Dominic Streatfield reveals the tragedy and confusion of events before, during, and after that tragic day unlike any other author. --John Kiriakou, author of The Reluctant Spy: My Secret Life in the CIA's War on Terror <p> Bleak and gripping narrative...This excellent work will mesmerize readers of current history. - Library Journal (starred) History that's vivid and insightful. --Publishers Weekly A tenacious reporter, Streatfeild packs the narrative with telling detail, instructive interviews and dramatic events -- Kirkus <p>

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Dominic Streatfeild is the author of: Cocaine: An Unauthorized Biography and Brainwash: The Secret History of Mind Control which was shotlisted for the Samuel Johnson prize. He is also a documentary maker specialising in military and security issues. His television work includes BBC's Exocet - detailing MI6 and the SAS's clandestine war for the Falkland Islands and exposing the real reasons for the loss of HMS Sheffield - and the Discovery Channel's series Age of Terror, examining the roots of political violence. Airing in over 100 countries, Age of Terror included interviews with members of 18 terrorist groups including FARC, the IRA, The Shining Path and Hezbollah. The series won a British Broadcast Award in 2003.

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