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All Americans must read this book in order to truly understand the reasons why radical Muslims like Osama bin Laden and his followers have declared war on America and the West. Furthermore, only this book accurately describes the severity of the threat they will continue to pose, with or without bin Laden’s leadership, to our national security.

To win the war against terrorism, the author argues that we must first stop dismissing militant Muslims as “extremists” or “religious fanatics.” Formulating a successful military strategy requires that we must see the enemy as they perceive themselves―highly trained and motivated soldiers who fervently believe their cause is righteous. The author describes how militants throughout the Islamic world are enraged by what they believe is Western aggression against their people, religion, and culture. Though bin Laden declared war on America years ago―not once but twice―the author argues that American complacence in the face of such violent threats stems from the increasing secularization and moral relativism of American society and culture. Even if bin Laden is brought to justice, the author warns, the dangers posed by radical Islamic militants will not disappear, and we must be prepared for a protracted war against terrorism. This important book will make a major impact on how America thinks about its enemy and itself.

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New York Times and Washington Post bestseller Imperial Hubris was originally published anonymously, as required by the Central Intelligence Agency. Its author is Michael Scheuer, the former head of the CIA’s Bin Laden Unit, who resigned in November 2004, after two decades of experience in national security issues related to Afghanistan and south Asia. As “Anonymous,” he is also the author of Through Our Enemies’ Eyes: Osama bin Laden, Radical Islam, and the Future of America. Scheuer has been featured on many national and international television news programs, has been interviewed for broadcast media and documentaries, and has been the focus of print media worldwide.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Potomac Books; First Edition (February 1, 2003)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 408 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1574885537
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1574885538
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.24 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.1 x 0.98 x 9.06 inches
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Michael Scheuer is a twenty-plus-year CIA veteran. From 1996 to 1999, he served as the Chief of the bin Laden unit (aka Alec Station), the Osama bin Laden tracking unit at the Counterterrorism Center. He then worked as Special Adviser to the Chief of the bin Laden unit from September 2001 to November 2004. He resigned from the CIA in 2004. He is currently an Adjunct Professor of Security Studies at Georgetown University and a Senior Fellow at the Jamestown Foundation, writing regularly for its online publication Global Terrorism Analysis. He lives in Virginia with his wife and two children.

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Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2004
I read "Through Our Enemies' Eyes" while on active duty with the Nevada National Guard in the Middle East. I have spent eight years in this part of the world, and Anonymous has pegged the viewpoint of many people in this region concerning the United States and Osama Bin Laden. Opinion here isn't uniform--but the United States is seen as an outsider.

Osama Bin Laden is not a new type of threat. The Assassin cult in this area was also a stateless movement promoting religious conformity to an ideal--and may have been the force that ended the Islamic empire. Then there was another stateless movement of anarchists, the Terrorists, about 100 years ago. The most successful movement went from stateless to world superpower during the period 1830 to 1990--yes, those Cold War foes of the West, the Communists. The Communists were very much a stateless organization until after the Russian Revolution. Once they established themselves as a national government, the threat of Communism changed. That's why Trotsky was murdered in Mexico--he was trying to export revolution the "old fashioned way" like Bin Laden is doing now. Problem: having a homeland means being a target. Stalin had to kill Trotsky in order to save the Soviet Union.

I have purchased several copies of this book as gifts for friends and relatives still serving in military and government office because this is an important book for their professional bookshelves. My one reservation is that the threat posed by Bin Laden's organization (and the greater threat posed by Bin Laden as a symbol) (and the even greater threat of American myopia) is that Bin Laden is not really something new or different. The author may have chosen to portray Bin Laden as "new" because the current American government mindset--the one that foundered in Vietnam--blinds us to reality in the modern world.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2014
To be in a citizen in a nation which is spending endless billions on the war on terrorism and which kills people in all sorts of ways--most recently with drones--and not to realize why this whole thing is going on.... Ostrich. FOX news believer, president believer... Ostrich.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2014
Seen from the other side of the fence, makes one wonder about our intelligence or maybe the propaganda to make the enemy bad. Not good for us, but viewed from the other side, no wonder people are attracted to follow bin Laden.
Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2013
CLEARLY SHOWS HIS INTELLIGENCE AND HOW EASY VERY FEW WITH VERY LITTLE CAN CHANGE OUR WAY OF LIVING AND THE HIGH COST IT HAS TO HASTEN AMERICA'S BANKRUPTSY.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2014
quite good
Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2019
The credibility of the author is heavily dented because of his deficient evaluation of Osama bin Laden. The author claims that OBL bears responsibility for inspiring, authorizing or directing the mass-murder of September 11, 2001. This unsubstantiated accusation is expressed throughout the present book. A cautious and serious scholar would refrain from expressing such an accusation against a person who has not been charged by any public authority for complicity in this mass-murder. The author has totally ignored the following facts:

1. The US Government has never officially accused Osama bin Laden for his alleged role in the mass-murder of 9/11.

2. In its formal letter to the UN Security Council of 7 October 2001, where it announced the initiation of the military attacks on Afghanistan, the United States did not attribute in any way the mass-murder of 9/11 to Osama bin Laden. His name does not even figure in the letter. The letter did not contain any evidence that that crime had anything to do with Afghanistan.

3. The US authorities have not produced any evidence, whatsoever, that the mass-murder of 9/11 was carried out by a group of 19 Muslims, let alone that these individuals had any link to Osama bin Laden. Even the names of these 19 persons do not figure on authentic passenger lists. No one has testified to have seen them in the respective airports. And their bodily remains were not identified.

4. Osama bin Laden told the Pakistani newspaper Ummat in an interview on 28 September 2001, (a) that he was “not involved in the 11 September attacks in the United States”; (b) “had no knowledge of these attacks”; (c) does not “consider the killing of innocent women, children and other humans as an appreciable act”; (d) that “Islam strictly forbids causing harm to innocent women, children and other people. Such a practice is forbidden even in the course of a battle;” and (e) that “the United States should try to trace the perpetrators of these attacks within itself.”

These facts should have been taken into consideration by authors writing books on Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda. The present author has apparently not revised his unsubstantiated accusations against Osama bin Laden at a later date. Because of the author’s gross failure on this crucial account, readers are justified to be circumspect regarding other aspects of this author’s work.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2006
This book is four years old in facts yet has a 2006 copyright. Is beneficial for someone not familiar with Osama bin Laden but little benefit for someone who has good backround knowledge.
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ashara
5.0 out of 5 stars excellent read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 1, 2015
well written and interesting .