The Next Attack: The Failure of the War on Terror And a Strategy for Getting It Right

The central core of this book is that the United States is 'losing' the War on Terror because, in a nutshell, the Bush Administration has no concept of either the enemy or the war that the US is actually involved in. The War that the US is fighting is actually aiding and abetting the real foe - Militant Islam. Bush and his administration are fighting 'states' so the US invades Iraq and Afghanistan - set piece battles that... Read Full Review

A sober but devastating critique of the Bush administration's failures in combatting/prosecuting/preventing terrorism.

This well-researched book faults the Bush administration leading up to and after 9/11. When the authors state something they have the sense to them promptly cite where they received statistics and other data making their claim. They want this book to present their own case to the readers. The authors argue that the United States has ultimately fed our Islamic opponents by being in Iraq. It wasn't just our recent stumblings... Read Full Review

Here in New York, where you could literally taste the World Trade Center in your mouth for weeks and it seemed everybody had a harrowing story to tell, I noticed that people adopted one of several strategies for coping with their shock and grief. Some bolted into action, working on relief, recovery or joining the Coast Guard. Others withdrew into the trivia of normal, everyday life. A third group, which included myself,... Read Full Review

I am very surprised to not see other reviews of this book. While it lacks the intimate detail and the passion of Richard Clarke's book, Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror, it is the first book I have found in the years since 9/11 that satisfactorily reviews the bidding, provides a polite but hard-hitting critique of all we are doing wrong, and ends with reasonable recommendations for future action--recommendations... Read Full Review