About this title: The essays in this collection, by the Foreign Affairs columnist for the New York Times, provide analysis and perspective on issues and events relating to September 11. Most were written during Friedman's extensive travels throughout the Middle East and the world. Included is the never-before-published "Diary: Travels in a World Without Walls." A New York Times Notable Book for 2002.
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Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 399 p. Audience: General/trade. Some underling and marking of paragraphs and some pages with dog ear crease at top read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Anchor
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9781400031252ISBN:1400031257
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"First off I think that Friedman's earlier book From Beirut to Jerusalem is brilliant and one of the best books on modern Middle East events. That being said, this is not that book.
Friedman has some interesting ideas about examining the causes of 9/11. He especially has some insightful points about the cycle of undemocratic authoritarian regimes which often attempt to coopt religion and use it to control the population can help create the anger and frustration fuel support for Al Qaeda.
The problem is that Friedman is not a neutral reporter. Beirut to Jerusalem is excellent because it reads as detailed news article. Here, Friedman is an editorial writer. He has a clear view and he does listen to the other side, but in the end he is still arguing his view which is fine, especially since I agree with him. The problem is that often his writing has too much emotion and you can see his bias.
The other problem with the book is the format. The first half is definetly weaker. Reading column after column can feel tedious and repetative, especially as many of the columns were written seven to eight years ago.
Though his column comparing CNN to the Golf Channel is brillian."
"I thought this book had some good points, and some terrible ones as well. Overall, the writing was intriguing, and to watch the perspective shift over time was priceless. At times I enjoyed what Friedman had to say, and at other times was bothered at what seemed to be oversimplification of some very deep-seeded issues."
"It's interesting to read this book now, because so much has changed from when he wrote it that a lot of it just makes you shake your head. He does have a great grasp of the world in 2001, and he wrote some really compelling columns around that time, and it's kinda amazing that he would travel around Pakistan and Saudi Arabia and even Afghanistan right when all this 9/11 stuff was happening and Daniel Pearl was getting killed and we were starting this war on terror. But there are also lots of moments here like when he talks about how great it is to meet these female MPs in charge of prisoners at Bagram Prison in Afghanistan, and all I could think of was those pictures of Abu Ghraib, not to mention that a few months after Friedman was at Bagram apparently people were tortured to death there too. He consistently assumes that we are going to capture and kill Bin Laden any day (and this is 2002), which I remember thinking too, except it didn't happen and now it just seems naive when you read it. And he assumes (and why wouldn't he?) that Bush and Co. are going to stick with Afghanistan and also fix the Palestine problem because those are the most pressing things to deal with, and it's REALLY hard to read that without getting mad about Iraq. So I guess it's still a really good book, it's just one that will make you cringe a little to read now, knowing what we know about how things went from 2002-present."
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