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Against all enemies : inside America's war on terror / Richard A. Clarke (Richard Alan).

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Free Press, ©2004.Description: xiii, 304 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0743260244
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HV6432. C537 2004
Contents:
Contents: Evacuate the White House -- Stumbling into the Islamic world -- Unfinished mission, unintended consequences -- Terror returns (1993-1996) -- The almost war, 1996 -- Al Qaeda revealed -- Beginning homeland protection -- Delenda est -- Millennium alert -- Before and after September 11 -- Right war, wrong war.
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Monograph Monograph Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University HV6432.C537 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Donated by Daood Moosa. 3ACKU000533652
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Abstract: "The one person who knows more about Usama bin Laden and al Qaeda than anyone else in this country, Richard Clarke has devoted two decades of his professional life to combating terrorism. Richard Clarke served seven presidents and worked inside the White House for George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush until he resigned in March 2003. He knows, better than anyone, the hidden successes and failures of the Clinton years. He knows, better than anyone, why we failed to prevent 9/11. He knows, better than anyone, how President Bush reacted to the attack and what happened behind the scenes in the days that followed. He knows whether or not Iraq presented a terrorist threat to the United States and whether there were hidden costs to the invasion of that country." "Clarke was the nation's crisis manager on 9/11, running the Situation Room - a scene described here for the first time - and then watched in dismay at what followed. After ignoring existing plans to attack al Qaeda when he first took office, George Bush made disastrous decisions when he finally did pay attention. Coming from a man known as one of the hard-liners against terrorists, Against All Enemies is both a powerful history of our two-decades-long confrontation with terrorism and a searing indictment of the current administration."--Jacket.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Evacuate the White House -- Stumbling into the Islamic world -- Unfinished mission, unintended consequences -- Terror returns (1993-1996) -- The almost war, 1996 -- Al Qaeda revealed -- Beginning homeland protection -- Delenda est -- Millennium alert -- Before and after September 11 -- Right war, wrong war.

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