The U.S. vs. al Qaeda
Subtitle: a history of the war on terror
By: edited by Gideon Rose and Jonathan Tepperman
Contributors: Council on Foreign Relations
Publisher: Foreign Affairs
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9780876095072
Subjects: Terrorism; War on Terrorism, 2001-2009; Prevention; International relations; Political aspects; Prävention; Terrorismus; Qaida (Organization); Al-Qaida
Other titles: U.S. versus al Qaeda; United States vs. al Qaeda; United States versus al Qaeda; History of the war on terror
Description: Consists of articles on terrorism and the war on terror that appeared originally in the journal Foreign affairs.

The U.S. vs. al Qaeda brings together the very best of more than three decades of Foreign Affairs coverage on al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, and the broader terrorist threat. This collection includes groundbreaking articles by established experts such as Bernard Lewis, Fouad Ajami, and Ahmed Rashid, as well as newer voices, including Brynjar Lia and William McCants. A rich documents section supplements the Foreign Affairs essays with major speeches by Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, private correspondence between bin Laden and his deputies, and pivotal U.S. legislation. The book also offers an introductory chapter by Foreign Affairs editor Gideon Rose, in which he analyzes how terrorism has shaped U.S. grand strategy over the past decade. Released to coincide with the 10th anniversary of 9/11, this book offers an indispensable look back at the past decade of the war on terrorism and a guide to how the terrorist threat will continue to shape U.S. policy into the future.
Table of contents: title: The war on terror in retrospect / Gideon Rose; title: The strategy of terrorism / David Fromkin; title: License to kill / Bernard Lewis; title: It could happen here / Gideon Rose; title: The Taliban: exporting extremism / Ahmed Rashid; title: The sentry's solitude / Fouad Ajani; title: Somebody else's civil war / Michael Scott Doran; title: America the vulnerable / Stephen E. Flynn; title: The reluctant imperialist / Sebastian Mallaby; title: America's imperial ambition / G. John Ikenberry; title: The law of war in the war on terror / Kenneth Roth; title: Combatants or criminals / Ruth Wedgwood and Kenneth Roth; title: Grading the war on terrorism / Richard A. Falkenrath; title: Is there still a terrorist threat? / John Mueller; title: Are we safe yet? / Paul R. Pillar, Fawaz A. Gerges, Jessica Stern, James Fallows, and John Mueller; title: Al Qaeda strikes back / Bruce Riedel; title: Can the war on terror be won? / Philip H. Gordon; title: Terror and the law / Curtis A. Bradley; title: How al Qaeda works / Leah Farral; title: Recalibrating homeland security / Stephen E. Flynn; title: Al Qaeda without Bin Laden / Byrnjar Lia; title: Al Qaeda's challenge / William McCants; title: Documents; title: Acknowledgements.