Reviews for The Terrorist Watch: Inside the Desperate Race to Stop the Next Attack

The average rating for The Terrorist Watch: Inside the Desperate Race to Stop the Next Attack based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-12-22 00:00:00 Courtney Jimas This book is an unapologetic defense of the Bush administration's War on Terror. It traces much of the progress in policy and execution by the FBI and CIA in their intelligence gathering, and discusses many of the problems they face. Kessler argues that America's perception of the war on terror has been mis-shapen by biased media reporting; the basic thesis of the book is summed up in the following sentence: "While the media minimize the threats and mischaracterize the progress in the war on terror, they undermine it by revealing secrets of how the FBI and CIA are trying to stop the next attack." I do believe Kessler that the media twists everything to sell papers. But I don't believe that every negative thing reported about the war on terror can just be brushed off as "media slant." My biggest complaint about this book is that it minimized all the criticisms, rather than straight-forwardly addressing them. I found myself wanting to hear the other side of the story so I could make my own judgments. I suppose Kessler feels that the "other side" is what we get from the media all the time. I do feel much more informed than I was before reading this book, but I'd love to find something objective on the topic. Does such a thing exist?

Review # 2 was written on 2013-11-12 00:00:00 Yelizavet Kitaynik although it was informative to an extent, in final analysis, i think it was a "my isn't george bush just the best thing EVER" fantasy fiction!