Bergen, Peter L.,  1962- <br/><br/>
The longest war :  The enduring conflict between America and al-Qaeda / 
Peter L. Bergen. 
 - 1st Free Press hbk. ed. 
 - New York :  Free Press,  c2011. 
 - xx, 473 p., [8] p. of plates :  ill. , maps ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [437]-452) and index. 
<br/><br/>Holy Tuesday -- Explaining Bin Laden and 9/11 -- Blinking red -- Kicking ass -- The great escape -- The destruction of the base -- The gloves came off -- Home front: the first Bush term -- The war of error -- Almost losing the war the United States thought it had won -- Al-Qaeda 2.0 -- Al-Qaeda's quixotic quest for weapons of mass destruction -- United States of Jihad -- Pakistan: the new base -- The fall of al-Qaeda in Iraq and the rise of an Iraqi state -- The Jihad within -- The end of the "war on terror"? -- Obama's war -- The long hunt. 
<br/><br/> New York Times bestselling author Peter Bergen's definitive account of al Qaeda's evolution since 9/11 and the U.S. government's responses. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780743278935 0743278933 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010015268 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Qaida (Organization)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.<br/>Terrorism--Prevention.--United States<br/>Terrorism--Prevention.<br/>Iraq War, 2003-2011.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV6432  / .B46 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>909.83/1