Bibliograph

The longest war, the enduring conflict between America and al-Qaeda, Peter L. Bergen

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The longest war, the enduring conflict between America and al-Qaeda, Peter L. Bergen

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-452) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmapsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The longest war

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

310397918

Responsibility statement

Peter L. Bergen

Sub title

the enduring conflict between America and al-Qaeda

Summary

New York Times bestselling author Peter Bergen's definitive account of al Qaeda's evolution since 9/11 and the U.S. government's responses

Table Of Contents

Holy Tuesday -- Explaining Bin Laden and 9/11 -- Blinking red -- Kicking ass -- The great escape -- The destruction of the base -- The gloves came off -- Home front: the first Bush term -- The war of error -- Almost losing the war the United States thought it had won -- Al-Qaeda 2.0 -- Al-Qaeda's quixotic quest for weapons of mass destruction -- United States of Jihad -- Pakistan: the new base -- The fall of al-Qaeda in Iraq and the rise of an Iraqi state -- The Jihad within -- The end of the "war on terror"? -- Obama's war -- The long hunt

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