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  • Paperback: 420 pages
  • Publisher: Mcgill Queens Univ Pr (August 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0773534547
  • ISBN-13: 978-0773534544
  • Product Dimensions: 1 x 5.8 x 8.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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"A counterblast to the conventional wisdom and mythologized history of Al-Qaeda that dismantles taken-for-granted assumptions." Michael Levi, criminology, Cardiff University "This book is terrific!" The Globe and Mail "Satanic Purses provides a fascinating perspective on the war on terror." Maclean's "Transcending conventional misunderstandings, Naylor shows how some of our policies are built on a thin patch of ice. Irreverent and satirical in tone, his book is a counter-balance to too much that is taken for granted - even by many who should know better." Nikos Passas, College of Criminal Justice, Northeastern University

About the Author

Historian, criminologist, and political economist, R.T. Naylor is professor of economics at McGill University where his main fields of research are black markets, smuggling, and international financial crime. He is the author of many books including Hot M

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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful By Midwest Book Review on March 3, 2007
Format: Hardcover
R.T. Nayor is an expert on money laundering, the underground economy, and terrorism. In "Satanic Purses: Money, Myth, And Misinformation In The War On Terror" he applies his extensive experience and expertise to debunk commonly held myths about how Islamic terrorist groups like Al Qaidah, Hamas, Hezbollah, and others finance their operations. Misinformation, propaganda, misconceptions, and flawed intelligence are to be found in every war, but the War On Terrorism has been particularly plagued with untruths, lies, mistakes, misunderstandings, governmental manipulation, and more. Critically important reading for policy makers, academia, and the non-specialist general reader with an interest in understanding the financial issues of terrorism, "Satanic Purses" is a thoroughly 'reader friendly' presentation that will go far in correcting the confusion and misrepresentations that have evolved over the past six years with respect to the on-going global terrorist war with respect to the finances of both stateless and state-sponsored terrorist groups.
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19 of 24 people found the following review helpful By Michael Hoffman on January 4, 2007
Format: Hardcover
Far from a rant, Taylor's vital book deals in substantive issues of finance and liberty and establishes the criminal folly of current US policy toward Islamic nations based on the myth of an Al Qaeda monolith. If blind obedience to central government is your definition of patriotism, this work is not for you. But if you want to extend Noam Chomsky's perspective on how "consent is manufactured" here is a valuable analytical sequel to that study, well-written and organized and in some respects, indispensable to understanding the disastrous impact of the US government's conspiracy theories and fables.
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17 of 23 people found the following review helpful By H. Campbell on January 6, 2007
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Naylor's work is essential reading for anyone with a brain that refuses to accept the Bush/Fox/neocon poppycock that passes for "truth" in the now disgraced American media. He convincingly makes the case that bin Laden (who for some reason is rarely mentioned anymore, despite the fact he supposedly was the 9-11 "mastermind") is now used by everyone and their brother in order to solicit US funds and/or justification for an agenda. Worse, the so-caled security-justice apparatus in this country has been corrupted and prostituted to the point that half-baked sting operations are lauded as major victories agaianst a fatuous terrorism that exists primarily in the fevered imaginations of xenophobic right-wingers. Naylor paints a depressing but alas accurate portrayal of the United States and its overlord Israel as hypocritical and cynical manipulators of public opinion and myth. Naylor's book is required reading for all patriotic Americans who want to wrest this nation's soul back from the purvyors of intolerance and hate.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful By Bruce G. Richardson on June 18, 2007
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"Satanic Purses" is the story of an administration that has marketed fear to the American people and the world for the purpose of enhancing the bottom line of multi-national corporations. It is a chronicle of a U.S. Congress gone A.W.O.L, oblivious to their declared oath of office and Constitutional duties.

In this meticulously researched work, R.T. Naylor guides the reader through the labyrinthine if not incestuous relationship between the media, military contractors and the implementation of government policy.

Many heretofore assumptions about Islam, terror, and manufactured hobgloblins and or heroes are dispelled and exposed. Without question, "Satanic Purses" is the clarion call for the American public and their represntatives in Congress to "take back the Republic" before it is too late.

This book boasts all the intrigue, bloodlettting, deceit, artifice, fabrications, provocations, predudice, disinformation, and government fraud and abuse of a Robert Ludlum thriller. But sadly it is all too real.

Bruce G. Richardson

Author: "Afghanistan, Ending the Reign of Soviet terror."
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8 of 62 people found the following review helpful By Patrick Grady on January 3, 2007
Format: Hardcover
Satanic Purses is nothing more than an anti-American rant. If taken seriously, this book undermines Western governments in the war against Islamic extremists and increases our vulnerability to terrorist attacks. Good thing that it's so rambling and sarcastic that it is guaranteed to turn most readers off.

The main premise of Satanic Purses is that the global threat from al-Qaeda is a myth that has been disingenuously concocted by the United States out of a series of mainly unrelated local terrorist events. He says that the hidden agenda here was to invade Muslim countries to get their oil, and to adopt tough anti-terrorist measures to repress Muslims.

Naylor comes close to denying any direct al-Qaeda involvement in 9/11, which he rather callously calls a "lucky hit." To Naylor, the plot was hatched by the Hamburg group under Mohammed Atta. He dismisses the evidence of bin Laden's "direct role," including the televised confessions, as "rumour, hearsay and innuendo."

If you're concerned about terrorism and want to learn more about the threat, don't waste your money on this book.
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