![]() ![]() Clarke asserts that the Bush White House terminated the counter-terrorism strategy that had been pursued by Clinton until January 2001, was exceedingly slow to put anything else in place, and then after 9/11, led America into a pointless war with Iraq. However, his attack on the current Bush administration is vitriolic and has created the most interest. The political impact of this book is still reverberating and it has caused a furore in the United States.Ĭlarke's survey of bureaucratic bungling takes no prisoners, flattering no president and no institution. Cannily, Clarke released the book at the same time as his testimony to the 9/11 Commission. He offers us a tour d'horizon of the mistakes and missed opportunities of American policy over some twenty years, ending with the recent Bush administration. From 1998 he was ‘Mr Counter-Terrorism’, sitting at the nexus of a host of secretive institutions and operations. ![]() Clarke served in the State Department during the Reagan years, then in the National Security Council for more than a decade. Clarke is arguably one of Washington’s most fascinating figures. ![]()
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