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100 1 $aBarzilai, Yaniv.
245 10 $a102 days of war :$bhow Osama bin Laden, al Qaeda & the Taliban survived 2001 /$cYaniv Barzilai ; foreword by Bruce Riedel.
250 $a1st edition.
260 $aWashington, D.C. :$bPotomac Books,$c[2013]
300 $axxvi, 167 p. :$bmaps ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe lion's den -- Scrambling to respond -- Preparing for war -- A slow start -- The strategic void -- Dominoes -- Distractions -- A battle won and a war lost -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Sources and methodology.
520 $aAlmost ten years before Osama bin Laden was killed, the United States had the opportunity of a decade to decapitate the organisation that so ruthlessly enacted the deadliest foreign attack on American soil in the nation's history. Battles raged across Afghanistan in the 102 days following September 11, from Mazari-Sharif to Kabul to Tora Bora. Yet bin Laden escaped while al Qaeda and the Taliban endured the initial onslaught. In 102 Days of War, Yaniv Barzilai takes the reader from meetings in the White House to the most sensitive operations in Afghanistan to explain how America's enemies survived 2001. Using a broad array of sources, including interviews with top-level U.S. officials at every level of the war effort, Barzilai concludes that the failure to kill bin Laden and destroy al Qaeda at the Battle of Tora Bora was not only the result of a failure in tactics but, more importantly, the product of failures in policy and leadership. 102 Days of War provides novel information and a new level of understanding about the opening campaign of the U.S. war in Afghanistan. Informed citizens and military historians alike will find compelling this vivid and relevant narrative.
650 0 $aOperation Enduring Freedom, 2001-
610 20 $aTaliban.
600 10 $aBin Laden, Osama,$d1957-2011.
650 0 $aTora Bora, Battle of, Afghanistan, 2001.
650 0 $aWar on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
650 0 $aNational security$zUnited States$xDecision making.
650 0 $aCommand of troops$vCase studies.
651 0 $aAfghanistan$xHistory, Military$y21st century.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory, Military$y21st century.
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655 7 $aMilitary history.$2fast
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