Thomas L. Friedman seeks to explain in this DVD the factors that contributed and ultimately caused the terrorist attack on September 11th 2001 so as to help us Americans better understand the tragedy as well as prevent similar events from occurring in the future. His two big questions to analyze are (1) what motivated the 19 young men to board planes to kill 3,000 of our American brothers and sisters, and (2) why did so many of their fellow Arabs applaud their actions? I believe Friedman offers some powerful insights to these questions, and is really the perfect man for the job with his past experience covering Middle Eastern affairs. It's a very complex special that makes for an eye opening experience. I definitely recommend buying this.