{"product_id":"the-terror-years-9781472125835","title":"The Terror Years","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTen powerful pieces first published in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e recall the path terror in the Middle East has taken from the rise of al-Qaeda in the 1990s to the recent beheadings of reporters and aid workers by ISIS. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith the Pulitzer Prize-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Looming Tower\u003c\/i\u003e, Lawrence Wright became generally acknowledged as one of our major journalists writing on terrorism in the Middle East. This collection draws on several articles he wrote while researching that book as well as many that he''s written since, following where and how al-Qaeda and its core cult-like beliefs have morphed and spread. They include an indelible impression of Saudi Arabia, a kingdom of silence under the control of the religious police; the Syrian film industry, then compliant at the edges but already exuding a feeling of the barely masked fury that erupted into civil war; the 2006-11 Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Gaza, a study in disparate values of human lives. Others continue to look into al-Qaed\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739373482327,"sku":"9781472125835","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781472125835.jpg?v=1720052052","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-terror-years-9781472125835","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}