How we missed the story : Osama bin Laden, the Taliban, and the hijacking of Afghanistan / Roy Gutman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gutman, Roy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Foreign relations--Afghanistan.

United States.

International relations.

Afghanistan.

Afghanistan--Foreign relations--United States.

United States--Foreign relations--1989-.

Afghanistan--History--1989-2001.

History.

Masʺud, Aḣmadshoḣ, 1953-2001.

Masʺud, Aḣmadshoḣ.

Bin Laden, Osama, 1957-2011.

Bin Laden, Osama.

Taliban.

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.

Terrorism--Government policy--United States.

Terrorism.

Terrorism--Government policy.

Physical Description:

xvii, 321 pages : map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : United States Institute of Peace, 2008.

Summary:

In How We Missed the Story, award-winning journalist Roy Gutman weaves a narrative that exposes how and why the U.S. government, the United Nations, and the Western media "missed the story" in the leadup to 9/11. Drawing on his own original research and extensive-interviews with key players, Gutman sheds new light on the inner workings of the policy process in Washington and offers the inside perspective of a member of the media.

Contents:

Introduction: The death of foreign policy?

Comrades: the end! (1989)

A half solution (1989-1992)

With Massoud (1992-1994)

"A very exciting development" (1994-1996)

"An endless tragedy of epic proportions" (1997)

"Silence cannot be the strategy" (1998)

Hijacking a regime (1999)

Coasting toward catastrophe (2000-2001)

Human rights under Massoud and the Taliban

Radicalization without response

Epilogue: Clemenceau revisited.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-298) and index.

ISBN:

9781601270245

1601270240

OCLC:

165478205