"Fast paced, gripping . . . a] well written dive into the arcane world of
counterterrorism over the past decade ." --"Foreign Policy"
In "Counterstrike," Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker of "The New York Times "take
readers into a previously hidden theater of war, as U.S. ground troops,
intelligence operatives, and top executive branch officials have fashioned
effective new strategies to fight terrorism, in sharp contrast to the cowboy
slogans that once characterized the U.S. government's public posture. They show
how these innovative strategies, drawn from classic Cold War deterrence theory,
were employed in the dramatic raid in which Osama bin Laden was killed, and in