![]() ![]() The author takes us through the Russian/Afghan war, where the U.S., as part of its post-WWII Cold-War strategy, supported the Afghans, with clandestine efforts through Pakistan. Against All EnemiesInside Americas War on TerrorSimon and Schuster. government officials to take al-Qaeda/bin Ladin seriously before the 9/11 attacks. Some critics have said that Clarke was obsessed with al-Qaeda and Osama bin Ladin, but he was one of the few U.S. leadership and its allies' military and intelligence services. No one has more authority to make that claim than Richard Clarke, the former counterterrorism czar for both Bill Clinton and George W. He describes the events leading up to the 9/11 terrorist attacks and provides unique insights into the arcane world(s) of intelligence, profiling U.S. The real war on terror has happened largely behind closed doors, run by the White House, drawing on secret intelligence and operations around the world. Crisis Manager on 11 September 2001.Īs Clarke states, Against All Enemies is a "first-person singular account." It is a fascinating read. He was the Clinton and Bush administrations' counter-terrorism "czar" and was on duty as the U.S. Senior Executive Service and had served, since 1973, in various senior government positions in the Reagan, Bush Sr., Clinton, and George W. Clarke Trade Paperback LIST PRICE 16. Richard Clarke, until 2003, was a career member of the U.S. Against All Enemies Inside Americas War on Terror By Richard A. National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S., The 9/11 Commission Report, authorized edition. ![]() ![]() Clarke, Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror. ![]()
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