TY - BOOK AU - Barzilai,Yaniv TI - 102 Days of War: How Osama bin Laden, al Qaeda & the Taliban Survived 2001 SN - 9781612345345 AV - DS371 .D397 2014 PY - 2014/// CY - Dulles PB - Potomac Books Incorporated KW - Bin Laden, Osama, KW - Taliban KW - Afghanistan KW - History, Military KW - 20th century KW - 21st century KW - Command of troops KW - Case studies KW - Operation enduring freedom, 2001 KW - Operation Enduring Freedom, 2001- KW - Tora Bora, Battle of, Afghanistan, 2001 KW - War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 KW - National security KW - United States KW - Decision making KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; Cover; Contents; List of Maps; Author's Note; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Abbreviations; 1 The Lion's Den; 2 Scrambling to Respond; 3 Preparing for War; 4 A Slow Start; 5 The Strategic Void; 6 Dominoes; 7 Distractions; 8 A Battle Won and a War Lost; Conclusion; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Sources and Methodology; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; W; Y; Z; About the Author; 2; b N2 - Using a broad array of sources, including interviews with top-level U.S. officials at every level of the war effort, Barzilai concludes that the failure to kill bin Laden and destroy al Qaeda at the Battle of Tora Bora was not only the result of a failure in tactics but, more importantly, the product of failures in policy and leadership UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=689428&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -