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Title Find, fix, finish : inside the counterterrorism campaigns that killed Bin Laden and devastated Al-Qaeda / Aki Peritz & Eric Rosenbach.
Author Peritz, Aki.
Publication Info. New York : PublicAffairs, c2012.
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Edition 1st ed.
Description x, 308 p. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Fire from the sky: the find-fix-finish doctrine in action -- Atrophy: counterterrorism before 9/11 -- The search for Mr. #3 -- The finishing never ends: how far will America go? -- Interrogations, intelligence, and war -- Counterterrorism in a war zone -- Bojinka redux: the need for good international cop work -- An increasing preference for lethal ends -- The enemy within -- America's future: shadow wars in Yemen and Somalia -- Geronimo -- To thine own self be true.
Summary Shows how, since 9/11, America has learned to take on the terrorists in ever more lethally incisive operations which have culminated in the death of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in 2011.
Subject Terrorism -- United States -- Prevention.
Terrorism -- Government policy -- United States.
Qaida (Organization)
Intelligence service -- United States.
United States -- Military policy.
Added Author Rosenbach, Eric B.
ISBN 1610391284 : $27.99
9781610391283
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