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The Untold Story of America's Secret Campaign Against Al Qaeda
Times Books
August 2011
On Sale: August 16, 2011
336 pages
ISBN: 0805091033
EAN: 9780805091038
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction | Non-Fiction Political
Inside the Pentagon's secretive and revolutionary new
strategy to fight terrorism--and its game-changing effects
in the Middle East and at home In the years following the 9/11 attacks, the United States
waged a "war on terror" that sought to defeat Al Qaeda
through brute force. But it soon became clear that this
strategy was not working, and by 2005 the Pentagon began
looking for a new way. In Counterstrike, Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker of The New
York Times tell the story of how a group of analysts within
the military, at spy agencies, and in law enforcement has
fashioned an innovative and effective new strategy to fight
terrorism, unbeknownst to most Americans and in sharp
contrast to the cowboy slogans that characterized the U.S.
government's public posture. Adapting themes from classic
Cold War deterrence theory, these strategists have expanded
the field of battle in order to disrupt jihadist networks in
ever more creative ways. Schmitt and Shanker take readers deep into this theater of
war, as ground troops, intelligence operatives, and top
executive branch officials have worked together to redefine
and restrict the geography available for Al Qaeda to operate
in. They also show how these new counterterrorism
strategies, adopted under George W. Bush and expanded under
Barack Obama, were successfully employed in planning and
carrying out the dramatic May 2011 raid in which Osama bin
Laden was killed. Filled with startling revelations about how our national
security is being managed, Counterstrike will change the way
Americans think about the ongoing struggle with violent
radical extremism.
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