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"From one of America's preeminent national security journalists, an explosive, news-breaking account of Donald Trump's collision with the American national security establishment, and with the world It is a simple fact that no president in American history brought less foreign policy experience to the White House than Donald J. Trump. The real estate developer from Queens promised to bring his brash, zero-sum swagger to bear to cut through America's most complex national security issues, and he did. If the cost of his "America First" agenda was bulldozing the edifice of foreign alliances that had been carefully tended by every president from Truman to Obama, then so be it. It was clear from the first that Trump's inclinations were radically more blunt force than his predecessors'. When briefed by the Pentagon on Iran and the Strait of Hormuz, he exclaimed, "The next time Iran sends its boats into the Strait: blow them out of the water! Let's get Mad Dog on this." When told that the capital of South Korea, Seoul, was so close to the North Korean border that millions of people would likely die in the first hours of any all-out war, Trump had a bold response, "They have to move." The officials in the Oval Office weren't sure if he was joking. He raised his voice. "They have to move!" Very quickly, it became clear to a number of people at the highest levels of government that their gravest mission was to protect America from Donald Trump. Trump and His Generals is Peter Bergen's riveting account of what happened when the unstoppable force of President Trump met the immovable object of America's national security establishment--the CIA, the State Department, and, above all, the Pentagon. If there is a real "deep state" in DC, it is not the FBI so much as the national security community, with its deep-rooted culture and hierarchy. The men Trump selected for his key national security positions, Jim Mattis, John Kelly, and H. R. McMaster, were products of that culture: Trump wanted generals, and he got them. Three years later, they would be gone, and the guardrails were off. From Iraq and Afghanistan to Syria and Iran, from Russia and China to North Korea and Islamist terrorism, Trump and His Generals is a brilliant reckoning with an American ship of state navigating a roiling sea of threats without a well-functioning rudder. Lucid and gripping, it brings urgently needed clarity to issues that affect the fate of us all. But clarity, unfortunately, is not the same ...

Beinahe zehn Jahre nach den Anschlägen vom 11. September 2001 wurde Osama Bin Laden endlich von amerikanischen Spezialeinheiten in seinem Versteck in Pakistan aufgespürt. Peter L. Bergen hat 1997 als erster westlicher Journalist ein Interview mit Osama Bin Laden geführt, das den Terroristen einer breiten Öffentlichkeit bekannt machte. In diesem aktuell recherchierten Buch enthüllt er die Hintergründe der Jagd auf den gröt︢en Terroristen unserer Zeit. Warum dauerte es so lange, Bin Laden zu finden, wer deckte ihn und half ihm? Genoss er die Unterstützung Pakistans? Wie organisierte sich al-Qaida unter dem Druck der Verfolgung? Warum versagten wiederholt westliche Geheimdienste und Spezialeinheiten? Und, nicht zuletzt, was geschah wirklich bei der Tötung Bin Ladens in Abbottabad?

Based on exhaustive research and unprecedented access to White House officials, CIA analysts, Pakistani intelligence, and the military, this is the definitive account of ten years in pursuit of bin Laden and of the twilight of Al-Qaeda

The Age of Terror: America and the World After September 11, edited by Strobe Talbott and Nayan Chanda, is reviewed. How Did This Happen? Terrorism and the New War, edited by James F. Hoge, Jr. and Gideon Rose, is reviewed. To Prevail: An American Strategy for the Campaign Against Terrorism, by Kurt M. Campbell and Michelle A. Flournoy, is reviewed.

Drones are the iconic military technology of many of today's most pressing conflicts. Drones have captured the public imagination, partly because they project lethal force in a manner that challenges accepted norms and moral understandings. Drone Wars presents a series of essays by legal scholars, journalists, government officials, military analysts, social scientists, and foreign policy experts. It addresses drones' impact on the ground, how their use adheres to and challenges the laws of war, their relationship to complex policy challenges, and the ways they help us understand the future of war. The book is a diverse and comprehensive interdisciplinary perspective on drones that covers important debates on targeted killing and civilian casualties, presents key data on drone deployment, and offers new ideas on their historical development, significance, and impact on law and policy

Introduction / Peter Bergen and Daniel Rothenberg -- My guards absolutely feared drones : reflections on being held captive for seven months by the Taliban / David Rohde -- The decade of the drone : analyzing CIA drone attacks, casualties, and policy / Peter Bergen and Jennifer Rowland -- Just trust us : the need to know more about the civilian impact of U.S. drone strikes / Sarah Holewinski -- The boundaries of war? Assessing the impact of drone strikes in Yemen / Christopher Swift -- What do Pakistanis really think about drones? / Saba Imtiaz -- It is war at a very intimate level / Drone pilot -- This is not war by machine / Charles Blanchard -- Regulating drones : are targeted killings by drones outside traditional battlefields legal? / William C. Banks -- A move within the shadows : will JSOC's control of drones improve policy? / Naureen Shah

The longest war the US has ever fought is the ongoing war in Afghanistan. But by 'Afghanistan' we really mean a conflict that straddles the border with Pakistan - and the reality of Islamic militancy on that border is enormously complicated. This book examines in detail the embattled territory from Kandahar in Afghanistan to Pakistan's Northwest Frontier Province and Federally Administered Tribal Areas.

Intro -- Description -- About Ken Ballen -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Part One: Soldiers of Jihad -- Chapter 1: Ahmad's Trip to Heaven and Back -- Chapter 2: Abby and Maryam: A Jihadi Romeo and Juliet -- Chapter 3: Malik, Mullah Omar's Seer -- Part Two: The Jihadi Trainer and "Captain of Terror" -- Chapter 4: The Confessions of Zeddy -- Part Three: Leaders of the New Jihad -- Chapter 5: The Secret Shaheed -- Chapter 6: Kamal: Heir to the Jihadi Throne and Fortune -- Afterword -- A Note on Sources and Methods -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- About Terror Free Tomorrow -- Reading Group Guide.

Seit über sechs Jahren beschäftigt sich Peter L. Bergen mit Osama bin Laden. Seine Reportage führt nach Afghanistan und Pakistan, in den Jemen, nach Ägypten, aber auch in unsere Nähe: nach England und Amerika. Osama bin Ladens Netz spannt sich über mehrere Kontinente. Es gleicht einem weltweiten Konzern, dessen Ziel der Heilige Krieg ist, ein mittelalterliches Konzept, das sich zugleich modernster Technologie bedient. Dieses Buch ist Reportage und Analyse in einem, es bietet sensationelle Einblicke in bisher verborgene Strukturen des Terrorismus und wurde nach dem 11. September 2001 und jetzt noch einmal um aktuelle Erkenntnisse erweitert.