Like a lot of other reviewers noted, the content was very enjoyable and interesting, but extremely repetitive and just too little to be called a “book”. It’s more like a single episode of a podcast, rather than a book, per se… I don’t feel cheated because I was able to buy this on an audible sale, but if I had paid full price or used a full credit, I definitely would have been upset.
I also agree with many who said it sounded like he’s trying to hit a minimum word count sometimes, as he has maybe 2 or 3 main key learning points only, and essentially repeats these over and over throughout the “book”. Saying that, I am obsessed with spies, so I still really enjoyed hearing a bit of the strategies they employ, even though he was not extremely descriptive/explicit in relaying his anecdotal stories (I suppose for confidentiality reasons) and so seemed to stopped just shy of the satisfaction point (maybe for me personally).
Really interesting part about the strategy Bin Laden used in masterminding 9/11, and on what four fronts he plotted to disrupt and weaken the US-Arab alliance. I personally lived through 9/11 in NYC and have heard many (fairly compelling) conspiracy theories regarding those events that point the finger at the US government’s scheming, rather than Al-Qaeda’s, so it was very interesting to hear an insider‘s view of the over-arching strategy and why this particular act of terror fit the bill precisely for Bin Laden‘s “endgame” objectives. Makes more sense now (if an event filled with such meaningless horror and death is even possible to make “sense” of.)
Overall, interesting enough content that my curiosity is piqued to read more of his books…if they’re on sale. 🙂