| 102 Days of War: How Osama Bin Laden, Al Qaeda & the Taliban Survived 2001 Contributor(s): Barzilai, Yaniv (Author), Riedel, Bruce (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1612345336 ISBN-13: 9781612345338 Publisher: Potomac Books
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: January 2014 * Out of Print * |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Terrorism - Political Science | World - Middle Eastern - History | Military - Afghan War (2001-) |
| Dewey: 303.625 |
| LCCN: 2012047589 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" L (1.00 lbs) 167 pages |
| Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Price on Product, Table of Contents |
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| Publisher Description: Almost ten years before Osama bin Laden was killed, the United States had the opportunity of a decade to decapitate the organization that so ruthlessly enacted the deadliest foreign attack on American soil in the nation's history. Battles raged across Afghanistan in the 102 days following September 11, from Mazar-i-Sharif to Kabul to Tora Bora. Yet bin Laden escaped while al Qaeda and the Taliban endured the initial onslaught. In 102 Days of War, Yaniv Barzilai takes the reader from meetings in the White House to the most sensitive operations in Afghanistan to explain how America's enemies survived 2001. Using a broad array of sources, including interviews with top-level U.S. officials at every level of the war effort, Barzilai concludes that the failure to kill bin Laden and destroy al Qaeda at the Battle of Tora Bora was not only the result of a failure in tactics but, more importantly, the product of failures in policy and leadership. 102 Days of War provides novel information and a new level of understanding about the opening campaign of the U.S. war in Afghanistan. Informed citizens and military historians alike will find compelling this vivid and relevant narrative. |
Contributor Bio(s): Barzilai, Yaniv: - YANIV BARZILAI is a diplomat in the U.S. Foreign Service. Yaniv graduated with highest honors and highest distinction from the University of North Carolina in 2011 with a B.A. in Peace, War, and Defense and a minor in Arabic. In 2013, Yaniv received an M.A. in International Relations with honors from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), where he concentrated in Strategic Studies and International Economics. |
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