Westport, CT: Praeger Security International, Date: 2006. Hardcover. Foreword by Steve Coll. 1st edition, 1st printing. 151 pp. Glossary, index. Fine book (no markings to text) / Fine dust jacket. A clean, fresh copy. Signed by the author on the title page. 2006. Praeger Security International ISBN 0275992527 9780275992521 [US]

Praeger, Date: 2006-06-30. Hardcover. Like New. Hardcover with fine dust jacket. Book is in Excellent condition, pages are clean and tight. 2006. Praeger ISBN 0275992527 9780275992521 [US]

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ISBN10: 0275992527, ISBN13: 9780275992521, [publisher: Bloomsbury 3PL] Hardcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Among the intelligence failures that came to light after the attacks of September 11, there was one that did not result from the failures of spying, decoding secret messages, or interagency communication. Rather, it arose merely from not paying sufficient attention to circumstances that were relatively out in the open-the simmering anti-Western rage that had been swelling up in Saudi Arabia in the 1990s. Mark Caudill was there, in the ancient Hejazi port city of Jeddah, at a critical time. From September 1999 to July 2002 he served as an American diplomat at the U.S. Consulate General. Engaged in cultural research, he wrote dispatches to his superiors in the U.S. State Department about what he learned of the Saudis from participating in the most important rituals and activities of their lives. His unclassified essays served as the inspiration for this enlightening book. Now everyone can learn what the U.S. government knew about Saudi society, and when they knew it.After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, many intelligence failures have come to light. The United States has become obsessed with who knew what when, and with why the various warnings weren't pieced together, why agencies failed to coordinate, and who is to blame. Asked less frequently, lost in a sea of details, is the question of how and why we ...
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