John Walker Lindh: American Taliban : a Psychological Study

From the Publisher We relied on eight major sources in researching, writing, and publishing this book, John Walker Lindh: American Taliban. 1) We were able to trace John Walker Lindh's internet newsgroup e-mail postings, beginning at age 14 and continuing until age 17. These postings in fact parallel the facts about his activities as reported in the public record, including his name change to Suleyman, and his trip to Ireland which is also mentioned in these newsgroup postings. Some are even signed "John Lindh." These postings offer a road map into his mind and mental development, and chronicle his metamorphosis from pretend gangster rap star to holy warrior. Other major sources include: 2) Statements made by his parents to all the major news networks, newspapers and magazines. 3) Justice Department and FBI filings. 4) Filings by Lindh's attorneys. 5) Taped and written media interviews with John Walker Lindh. 6) Research we already conducted in researching our books: "America Attacked" and "Terrorism, Future Wars Against America." 7) First person accounts by individuals who met John Walker Lindh. 8) Good old fashion investigative research. In researching this book, we made repeated attempts to contact John Walker Lindh's family, and repeatedly contacted his attorneys. We were so confident about the accuracy, factual basis and the veracity of this book that we even offered Lindh's attorneys a copy of the final manuscript and informed them if they could find anything wrong, anything that was false or inaccurate, we would allow them to point out any errors and we would print their rebuttal. This was unprecedented. No other publisher, to our knowledge, has ever made such an offer. Yet, we did so as we were confident the book was accurate. They declined our offer. Instead, Lindh's attorneys decided to denounce the book without reading it. They in fact threatened us without ever having seen a copy. This is the book that Lindh's attorneys do not want you to read. Product Description Draws on Internet postings, legal documents, interviews, and personal accounts to follow John Walker Lindh's transformation from a confused teenager seeking his identity within Islam to a holy warrior fighting with the Taliban.