Understanding the War on Terror

About this book

On the morning of September 11 2001 the United States awoke to find itself at war. If that much was clear however many other things were notincluding the identity and nature of the enemy the location of the battleground and the strategy and tactics necessary for victory. In this collection the editors of Foreign Affairs have brought together from a variety of sources the most authoritative contributions to the debate over the nations most important security challenge. Contributors include: The 9/11 Commission Richard Betts Max Boot Ladan Boroumand Roya Boroumand George W. Bush Grenville Byford Thomas Carothers Stephen Cohen Alan Cullison Paula J. Dobriansky Michael Doran James Fallows Stephen Flynn F. Gregory Gause Barton Gellman Reuel Marc Gerecht John Gershman Michael Howard Walter Laqueur Dafna Linzer Michael OHanlon Paul Pillar Kenneth Roth Jessica Stern Ruth Wedgwood and Fareed Zakaria.