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Osama bin Laden was the most wanted man in American history—an enemy who brought the United States what President George W. Bush called “a day of fire,” and ushered in a new era of terrorism. It took a decade of blood and sacrifice, of determination and frustration, but finally, in a nighttime raid at the end of a dirt road in Pakistan, the hunt for Bin Laden ended with a gunshot. It was a dramatic climax to a long and painful chapter.
But now what? The terrorist threat that has defined American policy since the attacks of 9/11 did not die with Bin Laden in his walled compound near Islamabad. Radicals still wish us harm, and we must fight on.
In this provocative collection of essays edited and introduced by Pulitzer Prize winner Jon Meacham, a group of penetrating analysts and leaders look ahead to the world after Bin Laden—to the future of Al Qaeda, of Afghanistan, of Pakistan. We explore the political, military, and cultural implications of the post–Bin Laden war on terror. From Richard N. Haass of the Council on Foreign Relations to former Secretary of State James A. Baker III, from historian and journalist Evan Thomas to former U.S. Army officer Andrew Exum, Beyond Bin Laden gives readers intelligent, deeply informed, and urgent glimpses of what comes next.
Contributors include:
• Jon Meacham, executive editor, Random House
• James A. Baker III, former Secretary of State
• Karen Hughes, former counselor to President George W. Bush and former Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy
• Richard N. Haass, president, Council on Foreign Relations
• Bing West, author, The Wrong War, and former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
• Andrew Exum, fellow, Center for a New American Security
• Daniel Markey, senior fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia, Council on Foreign Relations
• Evan Thomas, award-winning historian and former editor-at-large, Newsweek
But now what? The terrorist threat that has defined American policy since the attacks of 9/11 did not die with Bin Laden in his walled compound near Islamabad. Radicals still wish us harm, and we must fight on.
In this provocative collection of essays edited and introduced by Pulitzer Prize winner Jon Meacham, a group of penetrating analysts and leaders look ahead to the world after Bin Laden—to the future of Al Qaeda, of Afghanistan, of Pakistan. We explore the political, military, and cultural implications of the post–Bin Laden war on terror. From Richard N. Haass of the Council on Foreign Relations to former Secretary of State James A. Baker III, from historian and journalist Evan Thomas to former U.S. Army officer Andrew Exum, Beyond Bin Laden gives readers intelligent, deeply informed, and urgent glimpses of what comes next.
Contributors include:
• Jon Meacham, executive editor, Random House
• James A. Baker III, former Secretary of State
• Karen Hughes, former counselor to President George W. Bush and former Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy
• Richard N. Haass, president, Council on Foreign Relations
• Bing West, author, The Wrong War, and former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
• Andrew Exum, fellow, Center for a New American Security
• Daniel Markey, senior fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia, Council on Foreign Relations
• Evan Thomas, award-winning historian and former editor-at-large, Newsweek
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This short book gives some excellent recap of Bin Laden and the global war on terror. The authors provide a variety of viewpoints and the book does not espouse one specific ideology. Most importantly, the chapters, especially the first one by Andrew Exum, manage to explain a complicated issue in a manner that is accessible to the layperson while still remaining reasonably accurate to the scholarly sources. This is a book that everyone with an interest in US policy towards AfPak and the global war on terror should read.
Well all the right names are there....
This is a well-compiled, well-authored, sufficiently-full-of-people-whose-names-and-public-profiles-prove-they-know-what-they're-talking-about e-book.
Bing West with some good strategic advice from a guy whose been there done that and Andrew Exum and Richard Haass who give some more than adequate insights based on their extensive experience on Middle-Eastern and Islamic issues.
As with all books like this which comment on major public events immediately after they have occurred, this compilation could benefit from a good "simmering", allowing time for the proceeding events to play themselves out and for the writers involved to more carefully peruse and analyse the information available IOT give the best critical analysis imaginable. This is not saying bad things about the quality of the writing. It is merely saying that this book is set to be a money-maker because of its proximity to the events though the sheer haste in which it was written may be to the detriment (here, I am happy to be proven wrong) of the text's quality.
This is all a la the ridiculous amount of Assange and Wikileaks books that materialised in bookshops immediately after the explosion of the Assange rape controversy... some of its good, some of it could benefit from an extra 2 minutes on the stove.
Nevertheless, a good read, and slightly undercooked or not, I guzzled it up greedily.
Bing West with some good strategic advice from a guy whose been there done that and Andrew Exum and Richard Haass who give some more than adequate insights based on their extensive experience on Middle-Eastern and Islamic issues.
As with all books like this which comment on major public events immediately after they have occurred, this compilation could benefit from a good "simmering", allowing time for the proceeding events to play themselves out and for the writers involved to more carefully peruse and analyse the information available IOT give the best critical analysis imaginable. This is not saying bad things about the quality of the writing. It is merely saying that this book is set to be a money-maker because of its proximity to the events though the sheer haste in which it was written may be to the detriment (here, I am happy to be proven wrong) of the text's quality.
This is all a la the ridiculous amount of Assange and Wikileaks books that materialised in bookshops immediately after the explosion of the Assange rape controversy... some of its good, some of it could benefit from an extra 2 minutes on the stove.
Nevertheless, a good read, and slightly undercooked or not, I guzzled it up greedily.
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