Against all enemies : inside America's war on terror

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Label

Against all enemies : inside America's war on terror

Title remainder

inside America's war on terror

Statement of responsibility

Richard A. Clarke

Creator

• Clarke, Richard A., (Richard Alan), 1951-

Subject

• Qaida (Organization)
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001
• Terrorism -- Government policy -- United States
• War on Terrorism, 2001-2009

Language

eng

Summary

• "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

Cataloging source

SDG

Dewey number

973.931

Index

index present

LC call number

HV6432

LC item number

.C53 2004

Literary form

non fiction