Counterstrike : the untold story of America's secret campaign against al Qaeda /
Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker.
- New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2012.
- 342 p. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-325) and index.
Prologue: In the beginning... -- Know thine enemy -- The new deterrence -- The exploitation of intelligence -- The problem of Pakistan -- Terror 2.0 -- Countering Al Qaeda's message -- The new network warfare -- The rise of home-grown extremism -- "Is Al Qaeda just Kleenex?" -- The Obama strategy -- Counterstrike in Abbottabad -- Epilogue: "Tell me how this ends".
Looks at how analysts within the military, at spy agencies, and in law enforcement have devised and put into effect a strategy for fighting terrorism by restricting the available geography within which Al Qaeda can operate.
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