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August 08
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Pat
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The Second Plane: 14 Responses to September 11 (Hardcover)
by Martin Amis
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read in August, 2008
Pat said:
"A great discussion of Islamism and what 9/11 meant to the zealots who planned and carried out the attacks. This is more of a philosophy book with social factors than a terrorism history or how-to. The book wanders briefly towards the end into some no...more
A great discussion of Islamism and what 9/11 meant to the zealots who planned and carried out the attacks. This is more of a philosophy book with social factors than a terrorism history or how-to. The book wanders briefly towards the end into some nonsense about Tony Blair, something I'd skip if I were you. There is a great day-in-the-life of Mohammad Atta, a useful review of Islamism a la Sayyid Qutb, and an interesting discussion of terrorism vs boredom. The second plane of course ended the innocence -- there was no doubt. I recommend it....less
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Pat
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Ruse: Undercover with FBI Counterintelligence (Hardcover)
by Robert Eringer
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read in July, 2008
Pat said:
"Interesting real life story of the author's work with the FBI towards capturing Edward Lee Howard, the embittered CIA agent who defected to the Soviets after being trained for a posting at the CIA station in Moscow and then abruptly fired by the USG....more
Interesting real life story of the author's work with the FBI towards capturing Edward Lee Howard, the embittered CIA agent who defected to the Soviets after being trained for a posting at the CIA station in Moscow and then abruptly fired by the USG. He gave up secrets and fled to the Soviet Union. The book is a good read and probably mostly true, if a bit embellished here and there. The author goes a bit too far in his anti-Communist comments, attributing more stupidity and sloppiness to the Soviets than is warranted. One ought not to forget that the KGB was a well-trained and able rival....less
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July 25
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Pat
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to:
The Craft of Research, 2nd edition (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
by Wayne C. Booth, Joseph M. Williams
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analysis
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read in July, 2008
Pat said:
"I mostly just checked out the table of contents on this book. It seems to cover a lot of interesting ground. I'll have to take another look at it another time.
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July 19
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Pat
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Gut Feelings: The Intelligence of the Unconscious (Hardcover)
by Gerd Gigerenzer
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July 08
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New comment on Dave's review of
The Varieties of Religious Experience
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Pat
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The Varieties of Religious Experience (Paperback)
by William James
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July 19
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Pat
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The Iran Threat: President Ahmadinejad and the Coming Nuclear Crisis (Hardcover)
by Alireza Jafarzadeh
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strategic-studies,
terrorism
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read in July, 2008
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July 08
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Pat
is currently reading:
Entertainment Theology: New-Edge Spirituality in a Digital Democracy (Cultural Exegesis)
by Barry Taylor
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Pat
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My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands (Paperback)
by Chelsea Handler
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June 29
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Pat
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to:
How We Believe: Science, Skepticism, and the Search for God (second edition)
by Michael Shermer
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religion-and-philosophy
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Pat said:
"Personal faith cannot and should not be scientifically verified. God and No God are equally impossible to prove.
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