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The Explosive Eyewitness Account of the Libyan Embassy Siege by the Soldier Who Was There
Threshold Editions
November 2013
On Sale: October 29, 2013
320 pages ISBN: 1476751137 EAN: 9781476751139 Kindle: B00CCX9EF0 Hardcover / e-Book
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Non-Fiction Memoir
September 11, 2012: Hundreds of fanatics from Al Qaeda’s
Shariah Brigade descend on the American Embassy compound in
Benghazi, Libya, in a meticulously timed, flawlessly staged
nighttime assault that resulted in the brutal murder of the
U.S. Ambassador to Libya, J. Christopher Stevens. In its
sheer audacity alone, the attack was a shattering
pronouncement that America’s enemies will take every
opportunity to spill innocent blood for their cause.
But why was the Embassy such a vulnerable target? Who
was responsible for safeguarding the ambassador and why
couldn’t they come to his aid? How could the terrorists’
plan be allowed to succeed in an era when our foreign
agencies should be more protected than ever before?
While fundamental questions like these have gone
unanswered by the Obama administration, the outrage of so
many Americans at Ambassador Stevens’s death has only
deepened in the year since the Benghazi siege. At
last, the events surrounding that dark and desperate night
come to light in a gripping, moment-by-moment narrative from
the only man in a position to tell the full story. Sergeant
Morgan Jones, who headed the Embassy’s security detail for
six months in 2012, goes behind the scenes to reveal:
• The Embassy’s secret access that no one but Jones knew
about—and that allowed him entry as the savage firefight
raged on • Jones’s discovery of the murdered
ambassador’s body and his confirmation that the killing was
indeed targeted and sadistically brutal • The State
Department’s rotation system that left Embassy security
sorely understaffed with a small, new team in place on the
night of the attack • The enemies’ undetected
reconnaissance and how they crafted a seamless assault that
simultaneously cut off any possible outside assistance
• How the Embassy’s key armed security detail was made
up of a local militia closely allied to Al Qaeda •
How those Americans serving at the Embassy repeatedly asked
for more U.S. forces, more firepower and physical defenses,
but were repeatedly denied such protection . . . and
more fascinating military and strategic detail, rendered in
“you are there” authenticity. The Embassy House is a
must-read for those seeking answers that authors and
journalists have been unable to provide— because, unlike
Sergeant Morgan Jones, they were not eyewitnesses to this
shattering event in the terror wars.
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