The author, who has spent over 20 years working in the U.S. intelligence community (including a stint as head of the Osama bin Ladin unit within the CIA), suggests that America not only is losing the war on terror, but will continue to do so until it realizes that its specific policies toward Islamic states (rather than general American values or culture) are the motivating factor driving terrorist organizations such as al Qaeda. He also provides a critique of U.S. military actions in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Brassey's Inc, 352 pages
07/15/2004
$27.50

ISBN: 1574888498

Nonfiction
Current Events & Politics

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