| Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror Contributor(s): Clarke, Richard A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0743260457 ISBN-13: 9780743260459 Publisher: Free Press OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2004 Annotation: THE EXPLOSIVE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER With all-new excerpts from Richard Clarke's dramatic public testimony, and revealing corroboration from The 9/11 Commission Report From the 9/11 Commission Report: "On the day of the meeting [September 4, 2001], Clarke sent Rice an impassioned personal note. He criticized U.S. counterterrorism efforts past and present. The 'real question' before the principals, he wrote, was 'are we serious about dealing with the al Qida threat?...Is al Qida a big deal?..."Decision makers should imagine themselves on a future day when the CSG has not succeeded in stopping al Qida attacks and hundreds of Americans lay dead in several countries, including the US, '" Clarke wrote. 'What would those decision makers wish that they had done earlier? That future day could happen at any time.'"
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| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Security (national & International) - Political Science | Terrorism - History | United States - 21st Century |
| Dewey: 973.931 |
| LCCN: 2004541383 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.5" W x 8.3" (0.70 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
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| Quiz #: 78880 Reading Level: 9.8 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 21.0 |
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| Publisher Description: THE EXPLOSIVE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER With all-new excerpts from Richard Clarke's dramatic public testimony, and revealing corroboration from The 9/11 Commission Report From the 9/11 Commission Report: On the day of the meeting September 4, 2001], Clarke sent Rice an impassioned personal note. He criticized U.S. counterterrorism efforts past and present. The 'real question' before the principals, he wrote, was 'are we serious about dealing with the al Qida threat?...Is al Qida a big deal?...Decision makers should imagine themselves on a future day when the CSG has not succeeded in stopping al Qida attacks and hundreds of Americans lay dead in several countries, including the US, ' Clarke wrote. 'What would those decision makers wish that they had done earlier? That future day could happen at any time |
Contributor Bio(s): Clarke, Richard A.: - Richard Clarke was appointed by President Clinton as the first National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Counterterrorism in May 1998 and continued in that position under George W. Bush. Until March 2003 he was a career member of the Senior Executive Service, having begun his federal service in 1973 in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, as an analyst on nuclear weapons and European security issues. In the Reagan administration, Mr. Clarke was the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence. In the first Bush administration, he was the Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs. |