Gas War: The Truth Behind the American Occupation of Afghanistan

by Ted Rall

Book Overview

At first glance, the United States invasion of Afghanistan seemed like an obvious response to the horrifying attacks of September 11th, 2001. Now, as America remains threatened by Al Qaeda and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0595261752
• ISBN13: 9780595261758
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Thought-provoking

This book forces its readers to rationalise the true reason behind the war in Afghanistan. It has references to other articles where readers can find out for themselves if they need to. At the very least, this book is a great balance to all the pro-Bush reading materials out there.

This book really seems to upset people.

I found this interesting and thought-provoking. With about a footnote per page, it's hard for me to understand other reviews I've read that claim this book is poorly researched.Ted doesn't manage to prove his major thesis, that an Afghan war was being planned prior to 9/11. The evidence he presents is intriguing, but circumstantial. However, he clearly documents the preeminence of the oil pipeline in our management (or mismanagement) of that country following the invasion. This book really seems to upset people. Perhaps that's because the motivations Ted ascribes to our leaders really do seem more congruent with the end results of their actions than do their stated intentions.

Something Good to read as an American who realy Loves Americ

I read the book and most of the facts I found interesting to read. Some of the facts in this book , I already read through other news media ( Internet). I wish many Americans will read this book and learn about what is happening in the rest of the world due to American foreign policies.( Adding 25th eb 2004) Now the Iraq war is over..what this book discussed and said about BUSH policies(foriegn) has already come true. I read the book again recently for the second time after the Iraq war.