McInerney and Vallely, are retired U.S. generals now military analysts for FOX News, privy to up-to-the-minute reports and inside sources. In Endgame, they direct their experience and expertise to the question of how to win the war on terror. Unlike past enemies, radical Islam is not confined to particular nations-and thus cannot be defeated solely through conventional warfare against enemy states.
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Dismissing critics of the Bush Administration’s approach to the war on terror, this hawkish manifesto calls for more of the same. The authors, both retired generals and Fox News pundits, allow that terrorism involves a worldwide network of Muslim radicals aiming at a global Islamic empire and possibly plotting nuclear attacks on American cities. But they insist that the spread of terrorism will not be stanched through "the law-enforcement paradigm of counterterrorism" or the settlement of Middle East political crises, but by going after the state sponsors (including Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran and North Korea) that the authors identify as being part of the "Web of Terror." The authors nod to soft measures—encouraging democratization and public diplomacy initiatives—to foster moderation in the Muslim world, but the heart of their agenda is regime change. As the authors would have it, North Korea must dismantle its nuclear program or face U.S. invasion. Syria, unless it stops supporting terrorism and coughs up the Iraqi WMDs the authors say it’s hiding, should also be invaded. Saudi Arabia should be nudged toward a diversified economy and political reform, but if Islamic radicals take over, it too must be invaded. Iran, too big to invade, should be slapped with an embargo and naval blockade, while Pakistan should be enticed with aid packages into curbing its nuclear proliferation and cracking down on the Taliban and al-Qaeda. The authors’ ambitious schedule of ultimatums and conquests leads them to focus almost exclusively on the U.S. military, for which they recommend the Rumsfeld doctrine of light, mobile forces, supplemented by additional weapons spending. Homeland security gets scant attention beyond vague proposals for a Terrorist Security Department and Special Terrorist Courts involving substantial infringements on due process. With little analysis of costs and feasibility and not enough attention to homeland security, the authors’ blueprint may not satisfy those who don’t already support the ready use of U.S. military might. Photos.
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How to win the war on terror: a blueprint
Tom McInerney and Paul Vallely are retired generals (Air Force and the Army). They’ve devoted their lives to defending America. Now they’re military analysts for FOX News, privy to up-to-the-minute reports and inside sources. They know everything that’s going on within the Pentagon, the CIA, and other government agencies.
They’re also smart. When other analysts were wringing their hands and whining about "quagmires" in Afghanistan and Iraq, they calmly predicted relatively easy and decisive American victories—and they were right.
In Endgame, they devote their experience and expertise to the question of how to win the war on terror. Unlike our past enemies, radical Islam is not confined to particular nations—and thus cannot be defeated solely through conventional warfare against enemy states. Endgame is a blueprint for victory over this tenacious and bloodthirsty foe. It details the new strategy that America must adopt to fight this very new kind of war we’re in, and reveals a wealth of inside information (including the location of Saddam’s weapons of mass destruction).
The terrorists’ main target, say McInerney and Vallely, is America. But their threat, they say, is inseparable from radical Islam’s global Web of Terror. Thus in formulating a viable strategy to meet the terror threat to America, they span the range of current global hotspots:
· How we must respond to each of the eight countries that make up the principal elements of the international Web of Terror
· What America could do to reduce—quickly and drastically—the international threat from al-Qaeda
· The key to achieving lasting success in Afghanistan
· What Pakistan must do in order to prove itself truly to be our ally in the war on terror
· Why Iran will fall even more easily than Iraq did, and may reform itself without American intervention
· How Syria is a domino waiting to fall—and why it’s an ideal place to use America’s dominant sea and air power
· Why rogue state North Korea is an ally of radical Islam—and how to disarm nuclear North Korea now
Above all, say McInerney and Vallely, this is a battle of wills. During a visit to Baghdad, McInerney and Vallely were told by one young soldier that the war on terror can’t be lost on the battlefield; but it can be lost if the will of the American people falters. This book gives expert insight into why we fight, and what we must do to win.
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49 of 57 people found the following review helpful:
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Generals McInerney and Vallely have consistently impressed me with their sober, professional analysis of the Wars on Terror and in Iraq. Unlike the "chicken littles" proclaiming "Quagmire" at the first sign of trouble, they showed the disciplined restraint one expects from seasoned soldiers (as a twentytwo year Marine Corps veteran, I know the last thing the troops need to see is a general panicking; as a professional historian, I know that what journalists say should be taken with a large dose of skepticism). This book provides informed insights into the past, present, and possible future of our struggle against militant Islam. Engagingly written, it will entertain as well as enlighten.
33 of 38 people found the following review helpful:
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Essential Reading,
By J Rivard (Cincinnati, OH, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Endgame: The Blueprint for Victory in the War on Terror (Hardcover)
The Forward by Col. North quickly and accurately recaps events leading up to the real crisis we face today and why America and it's Allies have become polerized on the global terrorist threat. Next, out of the blizzard of information and disinformation coming at us through all media outlets, Generals McInerney and Vallely piece together the vital details necessary for understanding the life and death issues now facing America and the free world. But the Generals don't simply give you the bad news, they systematically lay out real world options, and in some cases, the only sane course of action, for (literally) saving America and our allies from unimaginable death and destruction. Before I read Endgame, I was already convinced the next attack upon America's homeland was not far off. I now realize I was being optimistic. Endgame is not the work of alarmists or retired military men out to make a quick buck from current events. These are American Patriots that have spent their entire careers protecting America and continue to do so by providing information essential to our understanding and acting upon the risks we truly face.
67 of 81 people found the following review helpful:
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Endgame: The Blueprint for Victory in the War on Terror,
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This review is from: Endgame: The Blueprint for Victory in the War on Terror (Hardcover)
Excellent writing in explaining the Web of Terror. Very timely in what is occuring in Global Terrorism. A book that should be read by American people and Government officials. It is the first book that I have seen that lays out a strategy to win the War on Terror.
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