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New Updated Paperback Edition

Inside the Pentagon's secretive
and revolutionary new strategy
for fighting terrorism.

Counterstrike...is a carefully reported, briskly paced account of the
counterterrorism campaigns that followed the September 11th attacks, and it
provides a reliable sense of what has gone right, without cheerleading or
obfuscating about failures.
-The New York Review of Books
Counterstrike scores a direct hit. Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker, two of
America's most respected national security correspondents, provide pathbreaking
reporting on and incisive analysis of the secret war against Al Qaeda after
9/11.
—Lee H. Hamilton, former congressman and co-chair of the 9/11 Commission
The authors, veteran correspondents for The New York Times, delve into a shadowy
theater of war: the counterterrorism efforts of American ground troops,
intelligence operatives and executive-branch officials since the Sept. 11
attacks.
-Ihsan Taylor, New York Times
A remarkable detective story by two of the nation's best reporters. With
meticulous research and fine storytelling, Counterstrike reveals who, what,
when, where, and why in describing the long campaign by the United States...
-Rick Atkinson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of An Army at Dawn
Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker dig deep to tell the story of the covert campaign
to defeat Al Qaeda, from the CIA to the Pentagon...
-Peter Bergen,
author of The Longest War: The Enduring Conflict Between America and Al-Qaeda
Filled with amazing characters and details, Counterstrike traces the evolution
of America's strategy for stopping the next attack. It's a fascinating story and
a great read, too.
-Dexter Filkins, author of The Forever War


ABOUT THE BOOK

In the years following the 9/11 attacks, the United States waged a "war on
terror" that sought to defeat Al Qaeda through brute force. But it soon became
clear that this strategy was not working, and by 2005 the Pentagon began looking
for a new way.

In Counterstrike, Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker of The New York Times tell the
story of how a group of analysts within the military, at spy agencies, and in
law enforcement has fashioned an innovative and effective new strategy to fight
terrorism, unbeknownst to most Americans and in sharp contrast to the cowboy
slogans that characterized the U.S. government's public posture.

 




 
 


RECENT REVIEWS

 * In "Counterstrike," Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker, reporters for the New York
   Times, warn that another catastrophic terrorist event is inevitable...
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 * A remarkable detective story by
   two of the nation's best reporters. With meticulous research and fine
   storytelling... Read more »
 * Counterstrike lays bare the provocative new ideas that are driving the war on
   terrorism. Generals often talk about... Read more »
 * Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker dig deep to tell the story of the covert
   campaign to defeat Al Qaeda, from the CIA to the Pentagon. Counterstrike is a
   richly reported work... Read more »


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