Goodland-Grant Township Public Library

The longest war :

Bergen, Peter L., 1962-

The longest war : the enduring conflict between America and al-Qaeda / Peter L. Bergen. - 1st Free Press hbk. ed. - New York : Free Press, c2011. - 475 p.; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Holy tuesday -- Explaining Bin Laden and 9/11 -- The system was blinking red -- Kicking ass -- The great escape -- The home front -- The gloves came off -- Building the case for war with Iraq -- 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 -- The new base -- The long hunt -- 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.

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Qaida (Organization)


War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
Terrorism--Prevention.--United States
Terrorism--Prevention.
Iraq War, 2003-

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