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description: Osama bin Laden was the most wanted man in American historyan enemy who brought the United States what President George W. Bush called a day of fire and ushered in a new era of terrorism. It took a decade of blood and sacrifice of determination and frustration but finally in a nighttime raid at the end of a dirt road in Pakistan the hunt for Bin Laden ended with a gunshot. It was a dramatic climax to a long and painful chapter.But now what? The terrorist threat that has defined American policy since the attacks of 9/11 did not die with Bin Laden in his walled compound near Islamabad. Radicals still wish us harm and we must fight on.In this provocative collection of essays edited and introduced by Pulitzer Prize winner Jon Meacham a group of penetrating analysts and leaders look ahead to the world after Bin Ladento the future of Al Qaeda of Afghanistan of Pakistan. We explore the political military and cultural implications of the postBin Laden war on terror. From Richard N. Haass of the Council on Foreign Relations to former Secretary of State James A. Baker III from historian and journalist Evan Thomas to former U.S. Army officer Andrew Exum Beyond Bin Laden gives readers intelligent deeply informed and urgent glimpses of what comes next.Contributors include: Jon Meacham executive editor Random House James A. Baker III former Secretary of State Karen Hughes former counselor to President George W. Bush and former Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy Richard N. Haass president Council on Foreign Relations Bing West author The Wrong War and former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Andrew Exum fellow Center for a New American Security Daniel Markey senior fellow for India Pakistan and South Asia Council on Foreign Relations Evan Thomas award-winning historian and former editor-at-large Newsweek
language: English
title: Beyond Bin Laden: America and the Future of Terror
publisher: Random House