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PublisherSkyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated

ISBN-101628725141

ISBN-139781628725148

eBay Product ID (ePID)204226094

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Book TitleMind of a Terrorist : David Headley, the Mumbai Massacre, and His European Revenge

Number of Pages292 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2016

TopicPolitical Ideologies / Radicalism, Terrorism, Islam / General, Middle East / Arabian Peninsula

IllustratorYes

GenreReligion, Political Science, History

AuthorKaare Sørensen

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight17.4 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2016-005437

Dewey Edition23

TitleLeadingThe

ReviewsAn immensely readable hybrid between a well-written thriller and high-level investigative journalism."— Weekendavisen (Denmark) Convincing . . . Difficult to put down until the last page is turned."— Jyllands-Posten (Denmark) The tension lies not only in the description of the terrorists' actions and planning, but also in the psychological mindset of David Headley and his friends." — Berlingske Tidende (Denmark), "An immensely readable hybrid between a well-written thriller and high-level investigative journalism."-- Weekendavisen (Denmark) "Convincing . . . Difficult to put down until the last page is turned."-- Jyllands-Posten (Denmark) "The tension lies not only in the description of the terrorists' actions and planning, but also in the psychological mindset of David Headley and his friends." -- Berlingske Tidende (Denmark)

Dewey Decimal363.325092

SynopsisWritten with the pacing of a thriller, a veteran journalist's account of the terrorist behind the Mumbai attacks. David Headley, the American-Pakistani also known as Daood Gilani, lived a double life. One day he would stroll through Central Park in his tailored Armani suit as a true New Yorker, and the next he would browse in the bazaar in Lahore wearing traditional Pakistani clothes. One day he would drink champagne at the most extravagant clubs; on another he would prostrate himself in prayer in remote Pakistan and pledge fidelity to Allah. Born in 1960, the son of an American mother and Pakistani father, with one blue eye and one brown, Headley grew up between East and West. He was attracted to both worlds, even working as an informant for the US government, until one day he found he had to choose between the place of his birth and a radical form of Islam preaching global jihad. This is the disturbing story of the mastermind behind the 2008 attacks in Mumbai that killed 166 people--who two months later flew to Copenhagen to plan another act of terror with the help of al-Qaeda sleeper cells in Europe. Veteran journalist Kaare Sørensen has reconstructed his movements and planning in a tense feat of reportage. His account, based on extensive reporting, eyewitness interviews, and documentation including wiretaps, court transcripts, and emails by Headley accessed from a chat room cache of nine thousand messages, offers unprecedented insight into the mind of the terrorist. The author has provided updates and a new preface for the English-language edition., Written with the pacing of a thriller, a veteran journalist's account of the terrorist behind the Mumbai attacks. David Headley, the American-Pakistani also known as Daood Gilani, lived a double life. One day he would stroll through Central Park in his tailored Armani suit as a true New Yorker, and the next he would browse in the bazaar in Lahore wearing traditional Pakistani clothes. One day he would drink champagne at the most extravagant clubs; on another he would prostrate himself in prayer in remote Pakistan and pledge fidelity to Allah. Born in 1960, the son of an American mother and Pakistani father, with one blue eye and one brown, Headley grew up between East and West. He was attracted to both worlds, even working as an informant for the US government, until one day he found he had to choose between the place of his birth and a radical form of Islam preaching global jihad. This is the disturbing story of the mastermind behind the 2008 attacks in Mumbai that killed 166 people--who two months later flew to Copenhagen to plan another act of terror with the help of al-Qaeda sleeper cells in Europe., Written with the pacing of a thriller, a veteran journalist's account of the terrorist behind the Mumbai attacks. David Headley, the American-Pakistani also known as Daood Gilani, lived a double life. One day he would stroll through Central Park in his tailored Armani suit as a true New Yorker, and the next he would browse in the bazaar in Lahore wearing traditional Pakistani clothes. One day he would drink champagne at the most extravagant clubs; on another he would prostrate himself in prayer in remote Pakistan and pledge fidelity to Allah. Born in 1960, the son of an American mother and Pakistani father, with one blue eye and one brown, Headley grew up between East and West. He was attracted to both worlds, even working as an informant for the US government, until one day he found he had to choose between the place of his birth and a radical form of Islam preaching global jihad. This is the disturbing story of the mastermind behind the 2008 attacks in Mumbai that killed 166 people--who two months later flew to Copenhagen to plan another act of terror with the help of al-Qaeda sleeper cells in Europe. Veteran journalist Kaare S rensen has reconstructed his movements and planning in a tense feat of reportage. His account, based on extensive reporting, eyewitness interviews, and documentation including wiretaps, court transcripts, and emails by Headley accessed from a chat room cache of nine thousand messages, offers unprecedented insight into the mind of the terrorist. The author has provided updates and a new preface for the English-language edition.

LC Classification NumberHV6430.H43S6713 2016