Widely heralded on publication as a "must-read" ( Military Review ) and "important window on America\'s battle with al-Qaeda" ( Washington Post ), Ali Soufan \'s revelatory account of the war on Terror as seen from its front lines changed the way we understand al-Qaeda and how the United States prosecuted the war--and led to hard questions being asked of our leaders.
When The Black Banners was published in 2011, significant portions of the text were.
Widely heralded on publication as a "must-read" ( Military Review ) and "important window on America\'s battle with al-Qaeda" ( Washington Post ), Ali Soufan \'s revelatory account of the war on Terror as seen from its front lines changed the way we understand al-Qaeda and how the United States prosecuted the war--and led to hard questions being asked of our leaders