Mastermind: the many faces of the 9 11 architect, Khalid Shailk Mohammed

272 Pages·2011·1.22 MB·English

by  Richard Miniter

Table of Contents

Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Introduction

BOOK I - ORIGINS
Chapter 1 - The Outsider
Chapter 2 - Campus Radical
Chapter 3 - Searching for War

BOOK II - A TERRORIST CAREER
Chapter 4 - Tradebom
Chapter 5 - The Plot to Kill the Pope, the President, and Four Thousand
Americans
Chapter 6 - Losing Ramzi
Chapter 7 - Meeting bin Laden

BOOK III - THE PLANES OPERATION
Chapter 8 - September 11, 2001

BOOK IV - HUNTING KSM
Chapter 9 - The Daniel Pearl Murder
Chapter 10 - Explosions in Paradise
Chapter 11 - “Recognize Us Yet?”

BOOK V - INTERROGATING KSM
Chapter 12 - KSM and Obama: The Mastermind’s Last Laugh
Chapter 13 - Aftermath

Acknowledgements
A Note on Sources and Methods
List of Aliases Used by KSM
Time Line
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Miniter, Richard.
Mastermind : the many faces of the 9/11 architect, Khalid Shailk Mohammed / Richard Miniter.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
eISBN : 978-1-10147570-6
1. Mohammed, Khalid Shaikh, 1965-2. Terrorists. 3. September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001. I. Title.
HV6430.M64M56 2011
363.325092—dc22
[B]
2010047777

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