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Equinox Publishing to Launch Best-Selling Author Ken Conboy's ... - PR Web (press release)
(PRWEB) October 17, 2005 -- Equinox Publishing, Indonesia's leading English-language publishing house, is proud to announce the launch of "The Second Front" by Ken Conboy. Orders for this certain best-seller are welcome on www.equinoxpublishing.com and on amazon.com (starting 1 November). About the Book Decades before al-Qaeda took shape, religious radicals in Southeast Asia were laying the groundwork for a struggle to achieve a backward-looking utopia. This is the story of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), the secretive organization that spans no less than half a dozen nations and seeks the full implementation of its intolerant take on Islam. In "The Second Front: Inside Jemaah Islamyiah, Asia’s Most Dangerous Terrorist Network", best-selling author Ken Conboy pieces together the planning and execution of JI’s most deadly terrorist acts from exclusive interviews and classified reports. In details never before revealed, it delves into the minds of the group’s leaders – from the professorial bomb expert Azahari to the al-Qaeda proxy Hambali. From the shadows of the Hindu Kush to battlefields on the Spice Islands, "The Second Front" peels back the veil of secrecy and chronicles the successes in bringing down this network, as well as exposes the missed opportunities by regional governments to prevent terrorist - more available