Ali Soufan, "Anatomy Of Terror"

For many, May 2, 2011, should have meant not only the death of Osama bin Laden, but the end of Al-Qaeda as well. Yet the radical ideology bin Laden stood for has only intensified, reappearing in more virulent forms such as ISIS. In his examination of how and why Islamic terrorism has spread and strengthened in the last six years, Soufan, a former FBI operative who described his objections to enhanced interrogation techniques in The Black Banners, sought out key figures in radical movements. From discussions with a Jordanian drug dealer, an Iraqi air force colonel who served under Hussein, and one of bin Laden’s sons, Soufan lays bare the motivation and goals of al-Qaeda’s followers and shows how the West might at last put paid to bin Laden’s legacy.

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