Tablet Magazine is a project of Nextbook Inc. About Us | Contact | Terms of Service | RSS A New Read on Jewish Life Unholy Anger Obama’s leading adviser on Afghanistan reviews two new books on Osama Bin Laden and the U.S. approach to al-Qaida that put Israel at the center of the conflict […]
REVIEW: NON-FICTION Mission not accomplished, actually REVIEWED BY COLIN FREEZE From Saturday’s Globe and Mail 0 comments Email Print/License Decrease text sizeIncrease text size On Sept. 11, 2001, I was among a team of reporters who drove from Toronto to New York City. We arrived at midnight. It was the fist time I ever saw […]
The West 10, Al Qaeda 2 Published On Fri Jan 21 2011Article Peter Bergen, author of The Longest War. Vince Talotta/Toronto Star By Olivia Ward Foreign Affairs Reporter So it has come to this. Ten years after the carnage of 9/11, the seismic shift in the geopolitical landscape, the threat of terror and the terror […]
This week: an essential read on America’s battle against al Qaeda, a moving novel of war-torn Sierra Leone, short stories that explore the homefront, a journalist’s memoir of her glamorous grandparents, and Betty Friedan revisited. The Longest War: The Enduring Conflict Between America and Al-Qaeda. By Peter Bergen. 496 pages. Free Press. $28. The Longest […]
FP Book Club: Peter Bergen’s The Longest War An FP discussion on counterterrorism expert Peter Bergen’s latest book. A decade after 9/11, is the war on terrorism a war we can win? JANUARY 17, 2011 FP‘s panel of experts and participants in the war on terrorism takes on Peter Bergen’s major new book. Looking back […]
America’s Most Wanted Two new books about the war on terror say that Osama bin Laden has achieved his goal—and we haven’t. Article Comments (8) MORE IN BOOKS » Email Print Save This↓ More + More Text By MICHAEL B. MUKASEY It is hazardous to undertake a biography of a living person or a history of current […]
By THOMAS E. RICKS Published: January 14, 2011 For years, I tried to read every new novel about how 9/11 affected our lives. Some were very thoughtful, but I always came away unsatisfied, feeling that the authors had worked hard but had somehow fallen short. As I read the stunning first section of Peter L. […]
Photo by: Peter Bergen About the Show After the United States successfully mounted a covert mission to eliminate America’s number one terrorist target, celebration turned to mounting questions. How did the terrorist mastermind elude capture for nearly a decade, only to be discovered hiding in plain sight just yards away from Pakistan’s most […]
BOOK REVIEW: Fumbles, yes, but still a threat By Joshua Sinai – The Washington Times 6:13 p.m., Tuesday, January 11, 2011 Print Email View 0 Comment(s) Enlarge Text|Shrink Click-2-Listen Share Social Networks Facebook Twitter Question of the Day Do you think gas prices will hit $4 a gallon in 2011? Yes No Undecided Other Login […]
The Economist January 8, 2011U.S. Edition History of an unfinished fight; The war on terror SECTION: BOOKS & ART LENGTH: 633 words HIGHLIGHT: How America got it wrong HISTORIANS may well wonder one day at the fuss America’s rulers made over a few thousand Islamist fanatics. They will certainly look unkindly on some of the […]