Description: Bergen offers a comprehensive history of the war and its evolution, from the strategies devised in the wake of the 9/11 attacks to the fighting in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and beyond. Unlike any other book on this subject, here Bergen tells the story of this shifting war's failures and successes from the perspectives of both the United States and al-Qaeda and its allies.
Brief description: Peter Bergen is the author or editor of nine books, including three New York Times bestsellers and four Washington Post best nonfiction books of the year. A Vice President at New America, Bergen is a professor at Arizona State University and a national security analyst for CNN. He has testified before congressional committees eighteen times about national security issues and has held teaching positions at Harvard and Johns Hopkins University.
Review Quotes: "A revelatory, pull-no-punches history of the War on Terror, from before 9/11 to the present day...One of the deepest and most disturbing investigations of one of the defining issues of our era.""--Kirkus, "starred review