“Fast paced, gripping . . . [a] well written dive into the arcane world of counterterrorism over the last decade .” —Foreign Policy

In Counterstrike, Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker of The New York Times take readers into a up to now 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 after characterized the U.S. government’s public posture. They show how these innovative strategies, drawn from classic Cold War deterrence theory, were employed within the dramatic raid wherein Osama bin Laden was once killed, and in a new afterword the authors point to the continued challenges and successes facing The united states within the Middle East, in cyberspace, and at home.

Filled with startling revelations about how our national security is being managed, Counterstrike will change the best way Americans take into consideration the continued struggle with violent radical extremism.