Counterstrike: The Untold Story of America's Secret Campaign Against Al Qaeda

"Fast paced, gripping . . . [a] well written dive into the arcane world of counterterrorism over the past decade ." --Foreign Policy

In Counterstrike, Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker of The New York Times take readers into a previously hidden theater of war, as U.S. ground troops, intelligence operatives, and top executive branch officials have fashioned effective new strategies to fight terrorism, in sharp contrast to the cowboy slogans that once characterized the U.S. government's public posture. They show how these innovative strategies, drawn from classic Cold War deterrence theory, were employed in the dramatic raid in which Osama bin Laden was killed, and in a new afterword the authors point to the ongoing challenges and successes facing America in the Middle East, in cyberspace, and at home.

Filled with startling revelations about how our national security is being managed, Counterstrike will change the way Americans think about the ongoing struggle with violent radical extremism.

Author: Eric Schmitt,Thom Shanker
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: 08/07/2012
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.80w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781250012197

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 08/19/2012 pg. 24

About the Author

ERIC SCHMITT is a terrorism correspondent for The New York Times, and has embedded with troops in Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia, and Pakistan. He has twice been a member of Times reporting teams that were awarded the Pulitzer Prize.

THOM SHANKER, Pentagon correspondent for The New York Times, routinely spends time embedded with troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. He was formerly a foreign editor and correspondent for the Chicago Tribune, based in Moscow, Berlin, and Sarajevo.

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