Dominic Streatfeild @ Edinburgh International Book Festival

HOW WE LET 9/11 CHANGE THE COURSE OF HISTORY

‘I don't care what the international lawyers say. We are going to kick some ass.’ George Bush’s fighting talk in September 2001 led to armed intervention in Afghanistan and Iraq. Today, the continuing reports of car bombs, IEDs and ambushes suggest they were among the worst foreign policy decisions of modern times. In his unflinching analysis of Western policies since 9/11, Streatfeild claims that al-Qaeda never threatened our existence, ‘but our reaction to it might’. Chaired by Declan Walsh.

Event details:

Saturday 27^th August

12.30pm-1.30pm

Peppers Theatre

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Praise for A History of the World Since 9/11: 

‘Anger crackles from every page of this book.’ Daily Telegraph

‘This book should have you ready to run a marathon by the time you reach the last page.’ The List