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Daniel Benjamin and Steven Simon started out focusing on this book shortly after leaving the National Security Council, where, as director and senior director for counterterrorism, they watched the rise of al-Qaeda and helped coordinate America’s fight Usama bin Laden and his organization. They warned in articles and interviews about the appearance of a fresh variety of terrorists who have been determined to kill on the grand scale. More than a year before September 11, 2001, they started out writing The Age of Sacred Terror to sound the alarm for a nation that had not recognized the gravest threat of our time.
One of these book’s original goals has remained: to provide the insights to understand an enemy unlike any seen in living memory—one with an extraordinary ability to discover weakness and exploit it, one with a determination to inflict catastrophic damage, one which will not be deterred. But after September 11, another, equally crucial goal was added: to understand how America let its defenses down, how warnings went unheeded, and exactly how key elements of the government failed at essential tasks. The Age of Sacred Terror also describes the road ahead, where in fact the terrorists will look to draw strength, and what the United States must do, at home and abroad, to avoid them. For just a year following the attacks that redefined terrorism and devastated the public’s sense of security, America has been searching for answers about those in charge of one of the darkest days in our history and explanations for the glaring gaps in our defenses. The Age of Sacred Terror provides both, with original authority. It is the book that Americans must read to understand the foremost challenge we face.
From the Hardcover edition.
