War and Globalisation: The Truth Behind September 11 (Paperback)

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Product Details

• Paperback: 158 pages
• Publisher: Global Outlook (2002)
• ISBN-10: 0973110902
• ISBN-13: 978-0973110906
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #920,543 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Putting 9-11 in Proper Focus, July 17, 2003

By	William Hare (Seattle, Washington) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Canadian professor of economics Michel Chossudovsky contains that rare gift of a writer who can compile massive documentary evidence, then propound it in a succinct, lucid manner. In this illuminating work the host of the critically acclaimed Global Research website takes widely acclaimed and often repeated media assumptions and sharply refutes them, providing a chronology and road map behind 9-11 and related events.

One major assumption that the sagacious Chossudovsky confronts is that of "blowback" apropos 9-11. In essence, in that we were involved in seeking to combat international terrorism, it is only logical that these efforts have been blown back at us through the tragic 9-11 attacks. The author notes that, with the numerous contacts between the Bush family and the U.S. government and Osama bin Laden and his terrorist network, the blowback theory has no validity. He notes the linkage between the U.S. government and particularly the CIA and bin Laden extending from 1979 in Afghanistan, when, amid reported anxiety to thwart the Soviet Union and challenge the regime then in place that Moscow supported, a decision was made to back the Saudi terrorist and the radical Islamic network of which he was a part. The author draws an axis involving the CIA, Pakistani Military Intelligence, the Taliban and bin Laden's Al Qaeda Network.

A large part of the book involves a necessary topic area that has been nervously glossed over by conventional American media sources for good reason; it hits too close to home and indicts the largest international energy conglomerates. The author spends much time examining the link between big oil and public policy. In terms of providing vital information, this compact volume provides more valuable information in one chapter than so many contemporary volumes do with many pages on 9-11 and related events. The Trans-Afghan Pipeline chapter is a compact gem, detailing the aspirations of the CentGas Consortium in the region. Chossudovsky demonstrates that the frequently repeated and fallacious Bushie shibboleths of getting Saddam before he gets us are rhetorical sallies designed to inflame public opinion by skirting around the important truths that only a few courageous authors such as himself dare reveal.

In the wake of the current problems experienced by the Bush administration and pre-war statements concerning Iraq and its military capabilities, Chossudovsky's book contains an even sharper ring of necessity. Its bullseye clarity cuts through the morass of Bush verbage, daring readers to examine the pure, unvarnished truth of a nation using its military and intelligence capabilities to control the global oil market on the pretext of making the world a safer place.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Scary..., May 31, 2003

By	Stefan Kuhle (Edmonton, Canada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Concise and well-researched book on the hidden agenda behind the so-called "war on terrorism". Michel Chossudovsky shows us that it was indeed Washington that has been supporting islamic terrorists since the days of Jimmy Carter (and still continues to do so). The reader learns about the role of the ISI, the Pakistanian secret service, and how it helps the CIA to keep their hands clean.
If only half of it is true (and the sources quoted appear to be very reliable), this is scary. Very scary.

18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Compelling but not the best 9-11 source out there, September 3, 2003

By	C. Colt "It Just Doesn't Matter" (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

"War and Globalization" provides compelling evidence that key members of the Bush regime played a complicit or near-complicit role in the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001. Author, Michel Chossudovsky provides an excellent global political and economic context to explain why the current American leadership might be motivated either to plan and execute the attacks, or to at least allow them to happen.

Chossudovsky's book is convincing but also very brief. I would love to see a more expanded and in depth version of War and Globalization in the future. Also he approaches his subject in a very thematic manner that borders on a sort of global conspiracy. It's not that he's necessarily wrong or inaccurate, but I believe many readers would find this book more compelling if he presented the facts in less of a thematic framework.