Declaring Victory
The United States is succeeding in its struggle against terrorism. The time has come to declare the war on terror over, so that an even more effective military and diplomatic campaign can begin.
After Bin Laden
Hunting the Taliban in Las Vegas
In trailers just minutes away from the slot machines, Air Force pilots control Predators over Iraq and Afghanistan. A case study in the marvels—and limits—of modern military technology
Inside Out
Why it's so hard to infiltrate al-Qaeda
Ten Years Later
"Then the second wave of al-Qaeda attacks hit America." A leading expert on counterterrorism imagines the future history of the war on terror. A frightening picture of a country still at war in 2011
Al-Qaeda’s Understudy
Suicide terrorism has come to Pakistan, waged by one of the most vicious Islamist groups ever known
The Leadership Secrets of Osama bin Laden
The terrorist as CEO
The Gospel According to Osama Bin Laden
To Western ears, the author writes, the public utterances of Osama Bin Laden have always come across like the "tirades of a loony idealogue." But these skillful rhetorical constructions, rich in historical allusion, have enormous powers of penetration—and will survive their author
Stranger in a Strange Land
The dismay of an honorable man of the left
The Roots of Muslim Rage
Why so many Muslims deeply resent the West, and why their bitterness will not easily be mollified