The great war of our time : the CIA's fight against terrorism--from al Qa'ida to ISIS /
Morell, Michael J.
The great war of our time : the CIA's fight against terrorism--from al Qa'ida to ISIS / Michael Morell with Bill Harlow. - First edition. - xvi, 362 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes index.
Opening salvos -- The President and the Sheikh -- The darkest hours -- The finest hours -- An imperfect storm -- Al Qa'ida's nine lives -- No Mickey Mouse operation -- Al Qa'ida spring -- 9/11/2012 -- Stalking points -- Tortured logic -- Breach of trust -- The long war ahead -- Carved in stone.
"Called the "Bob Gates of his generation," Michael Morell is a top CIA officer who saw it all--the only person with President Bush on 9/11/01 and with President Obama on 5/1/11 when Usama Bin Laden was brought to justice." Morrell offers "an assessment of [the] CIA's counterterrorism successes and failures of the past twenty years and,...shows readers that the threat of terrorism did not die with Bin Ladin in Abbottabad."--
9781455585663 (hardback) 1455585661 (hardback) 9781455589616 (large print hardcover) 1455589616 (large print hardcover) 9781455590551 145559055X
2014049799
Morell, Michael J.
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
United States. Central Intelligence Agency --Officials and employees--Biography.
Qaida (Organization)
Terrorism--Prevention.--United States
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political.
TRUE CRIME / Espionage.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Intelligence.
Autobiographies.
JK 468 .I6 M665 2015
The great war of our time : the CIA's fight against terrorism--from al Qa'ida to ISIS / Michael Morell with Bill Harlow. - First edition. - xvi, 362 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes index.
Opening salvos -- The President and the Sheikh -- The darkest hours -- The finest hours -- An imperfect storm -- Al Qa'ida's nine lives -- No Mickey Mouse operation -- Al Qa'ida spring -- 9/11/2012 -- Stalking points -- Tortured logic -- Breach of trust -- The long war ahead -- Carved in stone.
"Called the "Bob Gates of his generation," Michael Morell is a top CIA officer who saw it all--the only person with President Bush on 9/11/01 and with President Obama on 5/1/11 when Usama Bin Laden was brought to justice." Morrell offers "an assessment of [the] CIA's counterterrorism successes and failures of the past twenty years and,...shows readers that the threat of terrorism did not die with Bin Ladin in Abbottabad."--
9781455585663 (hardback) 1455585661 (hardback) 9781455589616 (large print hardcover) 1455589616 (large print hardcover) 9781455590551 145559055X
2014049799
Morell, Michael J.
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
United States. Central Intelligence Agency --Officials and employees--Biography.
Qaida (Organization)
Terrorism--Prevention.--United States
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political.
TRUE CRIME / Espionage.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Intelligence.
Autobiographies.
JK 468 .I6 M665 2015