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Against All Enemies

Inside America's War on Terror

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Against All Enemies

By: Richard A. Clarke
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 The real war on terror has happened largely behind closed doors, run by the White House, drawing on secret intelligence and operations around the world. There is no man who knows more about it than Richard Clarke, the former Counterterrorism Czar for both George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, the man who has led our efforts against al Qaeda and all other terrorist enemies for years, serving under seven presidents and in the White House for George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush, until he resigned in March 2003. He has had a front-row seat at every major battle in this war, from the first World Trade Center bombing, to 9/11, to Afghanistan, to Iraq.

Clarke knows the secret stories of Bill Clinton's great victories (shutting down anti-U.S. terrorism sponsored by Iran and Iraq) and his great frustrations (failing to kill Osama Bin Laden despite many attempts). When President Bush took office, Clarke was ready to present him with a master plan to roll back and destroy al Qaeda, yet the president did not grant a briefing for months. His aides had little interest in Osama Bin Laden, preferring to talk about Saddam Hussein at every turn. Clarke knows why we failed to shut down terrorist financing within our borders prior to 2001.

After ignoring existing plans to attack al Qaeda when he first took office, George Bush made disastrous decisions when he finally did pay attention. Thanks to the determined, even conspiratorial views of Wolfowitz, Rumsfeld, and Bush, we went after the wrong enemy.

The charges Clarke levels against the current administration must be taken seriously by every American, Democrat or Republican. Our security depends upon it.

Listen to Richard Clarke's testimony before the 9-11 Commission.©2004 RAC Enterprises, Inc. (P)2004 Simon & Schuster, Inc. AUDIOWORKS is an imprint of Simon & Schuster Audio Division, Simon & Schuster, Inc. Freedom & Security Political Science United States War & Crisis National Security War George W. Bush American Foreign Policy Gulf War
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"The explosive details about President Bush's obsession with Iraq in the immediate aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks captured the headlines in the days after the book's release, but Against All Enemies offers more. It is a rarity among Washington-insider memoirs: it's a thumping good read." ( The New York Times Book Review)
"The level of detail Clarke includes is impressive....Clarke delivers it like a pro. With his deep tenor and weighty pauses, Clarke never lets listeners forget the gravity of the situation....Compelling." ( Publishers Weekly)
"Clarke tells an insider's story of our government's awakening to a threat we had never faced before. Because the written words are his own, every pause and emphasized phrase serve to hone his intended meaning as no contracted narrator could do. Although this is an abridgement, none of the meat or spice in this hot dish seems left out." ( AudioFile)

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Clear, concise, compelling

Clarke served from 1998-2003 as the USA's National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection and Counter-terrorism, also known as the Counterterrorism Czar. Thus it was his job to coordinate the response to events of the 9th September 2001. His account of that day is revealing in many ways. Certain facts stand out. One of them being the difficulty he had communicating with the Vice President who was ultimately in charge, seeing that the President happened to busy reading aloud stories in a children's school. When Clarke did eventually obtain access to the secure underground control bunker, he found that the Vice President was more interested in watching how the news was being reported on TV than in talking to his security coordinator about what they should do about it. On following days, Clarke found himself heavily pressured by the President to link the events of the 11th to Iraq, even though he, the FBI and the CIA were clear that there weren't any links. Clarke comes across as a genuine, patriotic American who did his best to serve his country and who is cautiously angry with the behaviour of the administration he was obliged to serve.

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Chapters out of alignment

Great book but chapters being out of alignment spoils the experience, surely this is remediable?

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