Twilight warriors
Subtitle: the soldiers, spies, and special agents who are revolutionizing the American way of war
By: James Kitfield
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 405
ISBN-13: 9780465064700
Subjects: Interagency coordination; United States; History; National security; Officials and employees; Officers; United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation; Intelligence service; Strategic culture; Military History; Terrorism; Military art and science; Prevention; Special operations (Military science); Armed Forces
Other titles: Soldiers, spies, and special agents who are revolutionizing the American way of war
Description: "When U.S. troops withdrew from Afghanistan at the end of 2014, it signaled the end of the longest conflict in the nation's history. Yet we are still at war--no longer with other states, but with a host of new enemies, from nihilistic terrorists and narco-traffickers to transnational criminal cartels, lone wolf assassins, and modern-day pirates. Standing against these foes is a tight-knit fraternity of soldiers, cops, lawyers, and spies. Together, these men have broken down the cultural and institutional boundaries among their respective agencies to engineer a new, network-centric way of fighting: one that uses a seamless web of intelligence analysts, high-tech information networks, and Special Forces units to take the fight to America's enemies as never before. These disciplined, patriotic servicemen form a band of brothers that, over the past half century, has fundamentally reshaped the way America defends itself."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Where there's smoke : 1998-2001; title: Another kind of war : October 2001-May 2002; title: Descent into darkness : March-October 2002; title: The crucible : October 2003-May 2004; title: Martyrs' den : 2006-2007; title: Five assassins : May-July 2006; title: Prodigal soldiers : January-December 2007; title: Al-Qaeda pandemic : 2008-2010; title: The ghosts in the network : 2009-2010; title: The forgotten war : 2009-2010; title: American jihad : 2010-2011; title: Retribution : May-December 2011; title: Retrenchment : 2011-2012; title: Shadow war : 2013; title: The enemy votes : September-December 2013; title: Reflection in a broken mirror : 2013; title: Twilight warriors : 2013-2014; title: Going dark : 2013-2014; title: A world on edge : 2015.