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Against All Enemies
- Inside America's War on Terror
- Narrated by: Richard A. Clarke
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
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Summary
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.
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"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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- Mister Peridot
- 29-07-19
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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- Mllx
- 28-04-22
Chapters out of alignment
Great book but chapters being out of alignment spoils the experience, surely this is remediable?
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