Author(s): Phil Rees

Politics

Phil Rees takes us into the world of the political activist and guerrilla fighter and sits us down with them at their table. When George W Bush screamed 'You're either with us or you're against us in the war on terror' he eradicated the right of anyone to question his logic or challenge his new list of "terrorist" organisations. By infiltrating the most inaccessible political resistance groups over the past 20 years, Phil Rees has sought to understand what motivates the "terrorist" or "freedom fighter" and to balance this against the context of the current world events and the sweeping power of US military might. Through the sharing of refreshment and discussion with "terrorists" in many countries, Rees was able to pierce the headlines, the propaganda and the official government line to discover the human story behind the faceless, hooded caricature. As entertaining and intriguing as it is polemic and timely, this is the only book that challenges our preconceptions of just what the word terrorist actually means and how dangerous a weapon it is.