The Longest War: The Enduring Conflict Between America and Al-Qaeda by Peter Bergen

The Longest War: The Enduring Conflict Between America and Al-Qaeda by Peter Bergen

Although the United States is currently completing its withdrawal from Iraq and just beginning its withdrawal from Afghanistan, the impact of the events that have occurred there in the past decade will continue to affect the Middle East, Central Asia and the surrounding for many more years. As one era is drawing to a close in the post-9/11 era it is worthwhile to review what led the world to this point, and while there is no shortage of books on almost every aspect of the conflict between America and Al-Qaeda, Peter Bergen’s The Longest War is one of the most useful for a number of reasons

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