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The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals
Jane Mayer
Doubleday, 2008
"The totality is just staggering"
"It's one of the most sophisticated, refined programs of torture ever...there was a top-down quality control" according to an outside expert familiar with the protocol. "A Technicolor horror show", is the description of the CIA Inspector General's report on the deaths ...
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The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 (Vintage)
Lawrence Wright
Vintage, 2007
THE book to read if you ever want to know why 9/11 happened
I like to read a lot. I owned the hard copy version of The Looming Tower and because I have well over 500 other books on my shelves, hadn't gotten around to reading it. Then I downloaded the iPod audiobook version which ended up grasping me totally. Finally I bought a ...
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The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism
Ron Suskind
Harper, 2008
Tribunal Time
When you finish this book you'll really want impeachment, but it's probably too late. Perhaps the world will call for a war tribunal of our boys at the top. My hope is that the military families will finally wake up to their betrayal.
We have all learned that the ...
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Dead Heat (Political Thrillers Series #5)
Joel C. Rosenberg
Tyndale House Publishers, 2008
Masterful storytelling, full of surprises and shocks, unforgettable and unstoppable
It wasn't until I started reading Joel C. Rosenberg's books that I realized I had been using a cliché when I would say that "anything can happen" when describing the twists and turns a plot can take. That statement should be reserved almost exclusively for Rosenberg's ...
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Moscow Rules
Daniel Silva
Putnam Adult, 2008
Reupholstering the Iron Curtain
While other authors of pop thrillers seem to have come off the rails in recent works, reigning master of espionage fiction Daniel Silva is beginning to make it look like he doesn't know how to write a bad book. He's back with another tale of Israeli operative Gabriel ...
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The Last Jihad (Political Thrillers Series #1)
Joel C. Rosenberg
Tyndale House Publishers, 2006
Entertaining and Educational
Probably the title says it all. I was absolutely "stuck" with this book--couldn't put it down! Every time I wanted to stop reading at the end of the page, I couldn't because something was happening and I had to go on! It was absolutely enthralling! The other ...
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The Messenger
Daniel Silva
Putnam Adult, 2006
A Great Cross
Mr. Silva is a direct cross between John LeCarre (the early) and Lee Child. He has brought action to his cerebral character as if Jack Reacher gave George Smiley some courses in spy field work.
What separates Mr. Silva from almost all the authors of the ...
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Protect and Defend: A Thriller
Vince Flynn
Atria Books, 2007
Help us Mitch!
Another powerful novel by Vince. Thank you Rush for recommending this book. Need info? Remove man-hood!
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Rules of Deception
Christopher Reich
Doubleday, 2008
Decent Story
This isn't the genre of book that I usually read. As a fast moving story of International Espionage, I was never sure where the story would turn next and who or whom could be trusted. The story is set in a post-9/11 era and many of the details reflect our modern world. ...
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Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations . . . One School at a Time
Viking, 2007
Reaching the highest summit
Sometimes the only way to find what you are looking for is by getting lost. Often, the only way to achieve victory is first to fail. If Greg Mortenson had not yet learned these two lessons when attempting to reach the summit of K2 in 1993--the second highest mountain ...
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The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
Sam Harris
W. W. Norton, 2005
EVERYONE NEEDS TO READ THIS BOOK!
Just read it, it will change the way you view our world. It could change the way you vote for leaders and it could change what you do on Sundays.
The path to a future of world peace is inside the covers of this book if you can open your mind and absorb it. Ignore it ...
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Metzger's Dog: A Novel
Thomas Perry
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2003
Savage and funny
I have a taste for books that are both funny and intense, and for that reason this is perhaps my favorite of all Perry's books. Years ago, I read sections of it (the parts about Chinese Gordon, his friends, and their adventures) out loud to my then ten year old son. ...
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Ghost: Confessions of a Counterterrorism Agent
Fred Burton
Random House, 2008
A COMPELLING PERSONAL STORY!!!
In this intense, fast-paced memoir, Fred Burton has revealed his day to day struggles to keep our country safe from terrorists. He's done a masterful job of letting us understand how he thinks and what motivates him to keep going, despite unbelieveable chaos and ...
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Touching History: The Untold Story of the Drama That Unfolded in the Skies Over America on 9/11
Lynn Spencer
Free Press, 2008
The view from the cockpit
On the morning of 9-11, our little Cessna was one of the thousands of dots on the radar screens of America, so as I later watched the horrific events in New York and Washington DC unfold, I couldn't help but wonder what other pilots were feeling and thinking as they ...
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At Risk: A Novel
Stella Rimington
Vintage, 2006
Writes Well and Can Run an Intelligence Agency, Too!
Who'd have thought that the leader of one of the free world's top spy agencies could also write excellent suspense thrillers? There's not a wrong note in Stella Rimington's novels. The protagonist, agent-runner Liz Carlyle, will remind you of Helen Mirren's Jane ...
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