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.