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Marching toward hell : America and Islam after Iraq

Title
Marching toward hell : America and Islam after Iraq / Michael Scheuer.
ISBN
9780743299695
0743299698
Edition
1st Free Press hardcover ed.
Published
New York : Free Press, 2008.
Physical Description
1 online resource
Summary
CIA veteran Scheuer examines the ongoing instability in Iraq and argues that the U.S has provided al Qaeda and its allies with the one thing they want most: a safe haven from which to launch operations across borders into countries that were previously difficult for them to reach. With U.S. forces and resources spread thinner every day, the war has depleted our strength and brought al Qaeda a kind of success that it could not have achieved on its own. Scheuer takes on the questions of "What went wrong?" and "How can we fix this?" and proposes a plan to cauterize the damage that has already been done and get American strategy back on track. He lists a number of painful recommendations for how we must shift our ideological, military, and political views in order to survive, even if that means disagreeing with Israeli policy or launching more brutal campaigns against terrorists.--From publisher description.
Variant and related titles
Internet Archive collection.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 08, 2020
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-346) and index.
Contents
Getting to 9/11
Readying bin Laden's way : America and the Muslim world, 1973-1996
Fighting Islamists with a blinding Cold War hangover, 1996-2001
Six years of war, 2001-2007
Afghanistan : a final chance to learn history applies to America
Iraq : America bled white by history unlearned
And the Islamists' fire quietly spreads
Where stands the war?
"The bottom is out of the tub" : taking stock for America in 2008
"O enemy of God, I will give Thee no respite" : al-Qaeda and its allies take stock
Where to from here?
A humble suggestion : America first
Epilogue : an abiding uniqueness.
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