| The Jihad Next Door: The Lackawanna Six and Rough Justice in an Age of Terror Contributor(s): Temple-Raston, Dina (Author), Gavin, Marguerite (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1433203057 ISBN-13: 9781433203053 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $72.90 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: August 2007 Annotation: The author evaluates the casualties of the war on terror in this story of pre-emptive imprisonment for an act of terrorism never committed, of a terrorist cell that may not even have been a cell. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Terrorism - Social Science | Islamic Studies - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) |
| Dewey: 364.109 |
| Physical Information: 1.19" H x 6.74" W x 6.14" (0.52 lbs) |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - New York - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Dina Temple-Raston uncovers a strange corner of the war on terror in Lackawanna, New York, home of the first homegrown al-Qaeda terrorist cell in America. Or was it? The "Lackawanna Six" were young men, born of Yemeni families long settled in upstate New York, who took a trip to Pakistan and Afghanistan and spent time in an al-Qaeda training camp--long before the specter of 9/11, before most people had even heard of Osama bin Laden, and before the existence of the Homeland Security Act. This is a story of preemptive imprisonment for an act of terrorism never committed, a terrorist cell that may not even have been a cell, and a mysterious al-Qaeda contact who was supposedly killed but whose remains were never found. The Jihad Next Door is a book that forces a reevaluation of the casualties of the war on terror. |
Contributor Bio(s): Temple-Raston, Dina: - Dina Temple-Raston is the author of Justice on the Grass: Three Rwandan Journalists, Their Trial for War Crimes, and a Nation's Quest for Redemption and A Death in Texas, which won a Barnes & Noble Discover Award. Currently a correspondent for NPR, she lives in New York City. Gavin, Marguerite: -Marguerite Gavin is a seasoned theater veteran, a five-time nominee for the prestigious Audie Award, and the winner of numerous AudioFile Earphones and Publishers Weekly awards. She has been an actor, director, and audiobook narrator for her entire professional career. With over four hundred titles to her credit, her narration spans nearly every genre, from nonfiction to mystery, science fiction, fantasy, romance, and children's fiction. AudioFile magazine says, Marguerite Gavin...has a sonorous voice, rich and full of emotion. |