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Age of Danger

Keeping America Safe in an Era of New Superpowers, New Weapons, and New Threats

by Andrew Hoehn, Thom Shanker ...

An urgent look at how America's national security machine went astray and how it fails to keep us safe—and what we can do to fix it.Again and again, American taxpayers are asked to open their wallets and pay for a national security machine that costs $1 trillion operate. Yet time and time again, the US government gets it wrong on critical issues. So what can be done? Enter bestselling author Thom ... Read more

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An urgent look at how America's national security machine went astray and how it fails to keep us safe—and what we can do to fix it.Again and again, American taxpayers are asked to open their wallets and pay for a national security machine that costs $1 trillion operate. Yet time and time again, the US government gets it wrong on critical issues. So what can be done? Enter bestselling author Thom
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Counterstrike

The Untold Story of America's Secret Campaign Against Al Qaeda

by Eric Schmitt, Thom Shanker ...

Inside the Pentagon's secretive and revolutionary strategies to fight terrorism—and their game-changing effects in the Middle East and at home.In the years following the 9/11 attacks, the United States waged a "war on terror" that sought to defeat Al Qaeda through brute force. But it soon became clear that this strategy was not working, and by 2005 the Pentagon began looking for a new way.In ... Read more

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Inside the Pentagon's secretive and revolutionary strategies to fight terrorism—and their game-changing effects in the Middle East and at home.In the years following the 9/11 attacks, the United States waged a "war on terror" that sought to defeat Al Qaeda through brute force. But it soon became clear that this strategy was not working, and by 2005 the Pentagon began looking for a new way.In
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Age of Danger

Keeping America Safe in an Era of New Superpowers, New Weapons, and New Threats

by Thom Shanker, Andrew Hoehn ...

Narrated by Eric Jason Martin ...

Unabridged

11 hours 3 min

An urgent look at how America's national security machine went astray and how it fails to keep us safe—and what we can do to fix it.Again and again, American taxpayers are asked to open their wallets and pay for a national security machine that costs $1 trillion operate. Yet time and time again, the US government gets it wrong on critical issues. So what can be done? Enter bestselling author Thom ... Read more

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An urgent look at how America's national security machine went astray and how it fails to keep us safe—and what we can do to fix it.Again and again, American taxpayers are asked to open their wallets and pay for a national security machine that costs $1 trillion operate. Yet time and time again, the US government gets it wrong on critical issues. So what can be done? Enter bestselling author Thom
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Counterstrike

The Untold Story of America's Secret Campaign Against Al Qaeda

by Eric Schmitt, Thom Shanker ...

Narrated by George K. Wilson ...

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11 hours 26 min

In the years following the 9/11 attacks, the United States waged a "war on terror" that sought to defeat Al Qaeda through brute force. But it soon became clear that this strategy was not working, and by 2005 the Pentagon began looking for a new way.In Counterstrike, Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker of the New York Times tell the story of how a group of analysts within the military, at spy agencies, ... Read more

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In the years following the 9/11 attacks, the United States waged a "war on terror" that sought to defeat Al Qaeda through brute force. But it soon became clear that this strategy was not working, and by 2005 the Pentagon began looking for a new way.In Counterstrike, Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker of the New York Times tell the story of how a group of analysts within the military, at spy agencies,
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The Wrong Enemy

America in Afghanistan, 2001-2014

by Carlotta Gall ...

Narrated by Jennifer M. Dixon ...

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13 hours 11 min

A journalist with deep knowledge of the region provides "an enthralling and largely firsthand account of the war in Afghanistan" (Financial Times).Few reporters know as much about Afghanistan as Carlotta Gall. She was there in the 1990s after the Russians were driven out. She witnessed the early flourishing of radical Islam, imported from abroad, which caused so much local suffering. She was there ... Read more

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A journalist with deep knowledge of the region provides "an enthralling and largely firsthand account of the war in Afghanistan" (Financial Times).Few reporters know as much about Afghanistan as Carlotta Gall. She was there in the 1990s after the Russians were driven out. She witnessed the early flourishing of radical Islam, imported from abroad, which caused so much local suffering. She was there
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The Black Banners: The Inside Story of 9/11 and the War Against al-Qaeda

The Inside Story of 9/11 and the War Against al-Qaeda

by Ali H. Soufan ...

A book that will change the way we think about al-Qaeda, intelligence, and the events that forever changed America.On September 11, 2001, FBI Special Agent Ali H. Soufan was handed a secret file. Had he received it months earlier—when it was requested—the attacks on New York and Washington could have been prevented. During his time on the front lines, Soufan helped thwart plots around the world ... Read more

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A book that will change the way we think about al-Qaeda, intelligence, and the events that forever changed America.On September 11, 2001, FBI Special Agent Ali H. Soufan was handed a secret file. Had he received it months earlier—when it was requested—the attacks on New York and Washington could have been prevented. During his time on the front lines, Soufan helped thwart plots around the world
... Read more
Dirty Wars

The World Is a Battlefield

by Jeremy Scahill ...

A New York Times bestsellerNow also an Oscar-nominated documentaryIn Dirty Wars, Jeremy Scahill, author of the New York Times bestseller Blackwater, takes us inside America's new covert wars. The foot soldiers in these battles operate globally and inside the United States with orders from the White House to do whatever is necessary to hunt down, capture or kill individuals designated by the ... Read more

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A New York Times bestsellerNow also an Oscar-nominated documentaryIn Dirty Wars, Jeremy Scahill, author of the New York Times bestseller Blackwater, takes us inside America's new covert wars. The foot soldiers in these battles operate globally and inside the United States with orders from the White House to do whatever is necessary to hunt down, capture or kill individuals designated by the
... Read more

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The Way of the Knife

The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth

by Mark Mazzetti ...

**“The new American way of war is here, but the debate about it has only just begun. In The Way of the Knife, Mr Mazzetti has made a valuable contribution to it.” —The EconomistA Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter’s riveting account of the transformation of the CIA and America’s special operations forces into man-hunting and killing machines in the world’s dark spaces: the new American way of war* ... Read more

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**“The new American way of war is here, but the debate about it has only just begun. In The Way of the Knife, Mr Mazzetti has made a valuable contribution to it.” —The EconomistA Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter’s riveting account of the transformation of the CIA and America’s special operations forces into man-hunting and killing machines in the world’s dark spaces: the new American way of war*
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The Operators

The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America's War in Afghanistan

by Michael Hastings ...

The inspiration for the Netflix original movie War Machine**, starring Brad Pitt, Tilda Swinton, and Ben Kingsley**From the author of The Last Magazine, a shocking behind-the-scenes portrait of our military commanders, their high-stake maneuvers, and the politcal firestorm that shook the United States.In the shadow of the hunt for Bin Laden and the United States’ involvement in the Middle East, ... Read more

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The inspiration for the Netflix original movie War Machine**, starring Brad Pitt, Tilda Swinton, and Ben Kingsley**From the author of The Last Magazine, a shocking behind-the-scenes portrait of our military commanders, their high-stake maneuvers, and the politcal firestorm that shook the United States.In the shadow of the hunt for Bin Laden and the United States’ involvement in the Middle East,
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SEAL Target Geronimo

The Inside Story of the Mission to Kill Osama bin Laden

by Chuck Pfarrer ...

The New York Times–bestselling, "engrossing account of the military operation that resulted in the death of Osama bin Laden" ( Kirkus Reviews, starred).On May 2, 2011, at 1:03 a.m. a satellite uplink crackled from Abbottabad, Pakistan, into the situation room of the White House in Washington, D.C.: "Geronimo, Echo, KIA." These words, spoken by a Navy SEAL, ended Osama bin Laden's three-decade-long ... Read more

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The New York Times–bestselling, "engrossing account of the military operation that resulted in the death of Osama bin Laden" ( Kirkus Reviews, starred).On May 2, 2011, at 1:03 a.m. a satellite uplink crackled from Abbottabad, Pakistan, into the situation room of the White House in Washington, D.C.: "Geronimo, Echo, KIA." These words, spoken by a Navy SEAL, ended Osama bin Laden's three-decade-long
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Pakistan on the Brink

The Future of America, Pakistan, and Afghanistan

by Ahmed Rashid ...

The leading journalist on Pakistan lays out America's options with Pakistan and Afghanistan in the post-Bin Laden years.What are the possibilities-and hazards-facing America as it withdraws from Afghanistan and as it reviews its long engagement in Pakistan? Where is the Taliban now in both these countries? What does the immediate future hold and what are America's choices as President Obama ... Read more

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The leading journalist on Pakistan lays out America's options with Pakistan and Afghanistan in the post-Bin Laden years.What are the possibilities-and hazards-facing America as it withdraws from Afghanistan and as it reviews its long engagement in Pakistan? Where is the Taliban now in both these countries? What does the immediate future hold and what are America's choices as President Obama
... Read more
Top Secret America

The Rise of the New American Security State

by Dana Priest, William M. Arkin ...

The top-secret world that the government created in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks has become so enormous, so unwieldy, and so secretive that no one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs or exactly how many agencies duplicate work being done elsewhere. The result is that the system put in place to keep the United States safe may be putting us in greater danger. In Top ... Read more

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The top-secret world that the government created in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks has become so enormous, so unwieldy, and so secretive that no one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs or exactly how many agencies duplicate work being done elsewhere. The result is that the system put in place to keep the United States safe may be putting us in greater danger. In Top
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