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A 4 page paper which critiques and summarizes the controversial 2004 firsthand account of how America’s leaders are handling terrorism by a one-time National Security Council insider. No additional sources are used.
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inflicted have yet to heal. As with all tragedies, there has been a rush to judgment and outsider criticism that could be labeled as playing "Monday morning quarterback."
But Richard A. Clarkes 2004 text, Against All Enemies: Inside Americas War on Terror, is a critical insider account of the federal governments handling of terrorism, past and present.
Clarke, who served for eight years (during the administrations of Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush) on the National Security Councils as the National Coordinator of Security, Infrastructure Protection,
and Counter-Terrorism for the White House. Clarkes position enabled him to observe the inner workings of these presidential administrations, with concentration naturally on Bushs actions before and after September
11, and also made him privy to National Security considerations and proposed courses of action. His observations are insightful and often unflinchingly candid. The opening chapter reads like a
Tom Clancy novel, with a gripping description of events as they unfolded on September 11, 2001, and the reactions of President Bush and his cabinet members as well as how
the intelligence and security communities coordinated their efforts to prepare a tactical response to the attacks. He, shockingly, reveals that most of the Bush inner circle was as unaware
of the existence of Osama bin Ladens al Qaeda as Americans were prior to 9/11, remarking, "Most Americans had never heard of al Qaeda. Indeed, most senior officials in
the administration did not know the term when we briefed them in January 2001" (p. 31). He then steps back in time a bit to reveal the extent of
the al Qaedas threat to the security of the United States, which Clarke claims is rooted in the administration of President Ronald Reagan. Clarke provides a concise and accurate
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