Jawbreaker: The Attack on Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda: A Personal Account by the CIA's Key Field Commander
The Attack on Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda: A Personal Account by the CIA's Key Field Commander
- Paperback
328 pages
- Release Date
15 December 2006
Summary
The Book the CIA Doesn‘t Want You to Read Gary Berntsen, the CIA’s key commander coordinating the fight against the Taliban forces around Kabul, comes out from under cover for the first time to describe his no-holds-barred pursuit—and cornering—of Osama bin Laden, and the reason the terrorist leader escaped American retribution. As disturbingly eye-opening as it is adrenaline-charged, "Jawbreaker" races from CIA war rooms to diplomatic offices to mountaintop redoubts to paint a vivid portrait of a new kind of warfare, showing what can and should be done to deal a death blow to freedom‘s enemies.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780307351067 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0307351068 |
| Author: | Gary Berntsen, Ralph Pezzullo |
| Publisher: | Three Rivers Press (CA) |
| Imprint: | Crown/3 Rivers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 328 |
| Release Date: | 15 December 2006 |
| Weight: | 320g |
| Dimensions: | 19mm x 145mm x 196mm |
Critics Review
“A thrilling read…Berntsen did his best to try to get bin Laden; many in Washington have yet to do theirs.” –Washington Post “Gripping … this honest account doesn’t do the president any favors.” –Frank Rich, New York Times
“The hunt for Osama bin Laden is the story of courageous CIA officers, like Gary Berntsen, repeatedly finding him and U.S. political and military leaders refusing to kill him. Jawbreaker–which CIA leaders tried to suppress to protect America’s bipartisan political elite and its military sycophants–precisely describes the eleventh such opportunity since 1998, and again shows that uniformed bureaucrats masquerading as U.S. generals let bin Laden escape.” –Michael Scheuer, author of Imperial Hubris and Through Our Enemies’ Eyes
“Jawbreaker is a real page turner … Berntsen was the CIA’s ‘go to guy’ when it came to leading in Afghanistan, owing to his exceptional operational and leadership skills in situations involving the threat of immediate danger. Berntsen is brave and bold and a true American hero.” –Cofer Black, former Chief of the Central Intelligence Agency’s Counterterrorism Center
Gary Berntsen
Gary Berntsen is a retired senior CIA operations officer who has served as a chief of station on three separate occasions. He led the CIA’s most important counterterrorist deployments from 1995 through 2005. Since May 2007 he has been serving as an intelligence and counterinsurgency adviser in eastern Afghanistan. Berntsen is the author of the bestseller “Jawbreaker: The Attack on Bin Laden and Al Qaeda” (Crown, 2005). He has done more than seventy-five television appearances as well as numerous appearances on CNN, Fox, MSNBC, and NBC. He lives in Forest Hills, New York.
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