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Title: The Price of Terror by Allan Gerson, Jerry Adler ISBN: 0-06-019761-7 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 23 October, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (6 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Not the Full Story
Comment: This book is about the 1988 terrorist bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland and the families of the victims attempt to see justice done. A journalist and one of the lead attorneys write the book in one of the main cases that came out of the incident. The bombing of the plane is the event that starts this process, but the main focus of the book is the attempts by the families to change the laws in American in order to bring lawsuits against Libya. The authors go into great detail about the process the families went through to lobby congress to pass through legislation that would create a legal basis for their lawsuits to move into the courts. The book also talks somewhat about the struggle some of the families had with the coping of the loss of their loved ones.
Overall the writing was good and the story that the authors chose to focus on was done in an organized and complete method, but I was a little disappointed in the overall book. Because of the focus on the legal / congressional procedural side of the story, I felt that the story was not well paced, it drug a bit. I was looking for a more complete telling of the story for example learning more about some of the people on the plane. The authors did touch on a few people very briefly, but that was in an effort to introduce family members that were working on the lawsuits. I was also looking for a more detailed account of the actual aftermath of the event, the recovery effort in Scotland. The most disappointing thing for me was the lack of detail on how the investigation was conducted.
The one point that outraged me was the lack of interest the executive branch of the US government took in helping the people out and the insensitive run around they gave the people. I think my disappointment in this book stems from wanting to read a book different from this one. If you are interested in the legal struggles the families faced after the event then this is the book for you. If you are looking for more of an overall review of the incident then this book will probably disappoint you as much as it disappointed me.
Rating: 4
Summary: Price of Terror
Comment: This book tells the story of the long search for justice by the families of the victims of Pan Am flight 103 destroyed over Lockerbie, Scotland in December 1988. It makes for compelling reading, most especially in the aftermath of the 1 September 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The authors describe, often in numbing detail, the prolonged efforts of the relatives of those killed in the Pan Am 103 terrorist attack to bring to justice the perpetrators of the single most catastrophic terrorist attack on American civilians to that time. Focusing on the bureaucratic and legal aftermath of the attack, the authors paint a frustrating picture of the often convoluted nature of the American legal and political systems. In so doing, they provide a sobering roadmap and a bitter foretaste of what many of the victims of 1 September 2001 have in their future.
Rating: 5
Summary: everyone needs to read this
Comment: This is an amazing book! The authors tell the story of the Pan Am 103 tragedy with sensitivity and intelligence, detailing the unfolding events in a particular time-sequenced pace that is as riveting and vivid as any film or painting. The families' expression of grief through art and self-sacrifice, and the authors' untiring search for justice over 12 years are the human elements that make this story immensely fascinating. "The Price of Terror" chronicles modern terorism and puts it into historical perspective, and the courage and spirit of these people make this a book not to be missed. Everyone needs to read this!!!
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Title: American Terrorist: Timothy McVeigh & the Tragedy at Oklahoma City by Lou Michel, Dan Herbeck ISBN: 0061065188 Publisher: Regan Books Pub. Date: 08 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The New Jackals: Ramzi Yousef, Osama bin Laden and the Future of Terrorism by Simon Reeve ISBN: 1555534074 Publisher: Northeastern University Press Pub. Date: October, 1999 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: Pan Am 103: The Bombing, the Betrayals, and the Bereaved Family's Search for Justice by Susan Cohen, Daniel Cohen ISBN: 0451202708 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: 10 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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