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22 Media Myths That Undermine the War on Terror

Here Miniter presents the follow-up to his great work Shadow War. He delivers a point-by-point rebuttal of twenty-two myths or pieces of propaganda, many of which people have adopted ignorantly, such as Osama bin Laden's need for dialysis. Others appear to be efforts at discrediting the American war......more

I wanted to give this book 4 stars, but this is a book about mainstream media's complicity, incompetence and/or laziness before, during and immediately after the Iraq War (sometimes called Gulf War II). This book is very helpful understanding the attitudes toward the Iraq War at the time, but the ma......more

The author examines urban legends that have cropped up such as was Osama ill?, was 9/11 know to be coming, and my personal favorite SUITCASE NUKES? There are other topics, insightful.......more

This book shoots down 21 of the biggest myths surrounding the war against terrorism. Fast, easy read without placing too much blame against any one side or the other. Kinda like a book giving the origin and background of famous urban legends. Interesting book.......more

Dated, but still relevant and well researched and well argued. I wish I read it years ago, but I had some trouble finding it until recently.......more