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The longest war : the enduring conflict between America and al-Qaeda
- Title
- The longest war : the enduring conflict between America and al-Qaeda / Peter L. Bergen.
- Author
- Bergen, Peter, 1962-
- Publication
- New York : Free Press, c2011.
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- Description
- xx, 473 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. , maps; 24 cm.
- 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.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [437]-452) and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 12-5002
- ISBN
- 9780743278935
- 0743278933
- LCCN
- 2010015268
- OCLC
- 2010015268
- Author
- Bergen, Peter, 1962-
- Title
- The longest war : the enduring conflict between America and al-Qaeda / Peter L. Bergen.
- Imprint
- New York : Free Press, c2011.
- Edition
- 1st Free Press hbk. ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [437]-452) and index.
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- Research Call Number
- JFE 12-5002