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Objective Troy tells the gripping and unsettling story of Anwar al-Awlaki, the once-celebrated American imam who called for moderation after 9/11, a man who ultimately directed his outsized talents to the mass murder of his fellow citizens. It follows Barack Obama's campaign against the excesses of the Bush counterterrorism programs and his eventual embrace of the targeted killing of suspected militants. And it recounts how the president directed the mammoth machinery of spy agencies to hunt Awlaki down in a frantic, multi-million-dollar pursuit that would end with the death of Awlaki by a bizarre, robotic technology that is changing warfare--the drone. Scott Shane, who has covered terrorism for The New York Times over the last decade, weaves the clash between president and terrorist into both a riveting narrative and a deeply human account of the defining conflict of our era. Awlaki, who directed a plot that almost derailed Obama's presidency, and then taunted him from his desert hideouts, will go down in history as the first United States citizen deliberately hunted and assassinated by his own government without trial. But his eloquent calls to jihad, amplified by YouTube, continue to lure young Westerners into terrorism--resulting in tragedies from the Boston marathon bombing to the murder of cartoonists at a Paris weekly. Awlaki's life and death show how profoundly America has been changed by the threat of terrorism and by our own fears. Illuminating and provocative, and based on years of in depth reporting, Objective Troy is a brilliant reckoning with the moral challenge of terrorism and a masterful chronicle of our times.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1101926570
ISBN-13
9781101926574
eBay Product ID (ePID)
211333099

Product Key Features

Book Title
Objective TROY : a Terrorist, a President, and the Rise of the Drone
Author
Scott Shane
Format
Compact Disc
Language
English
Topic
Terrorism, Intelligence & Espionage, Modern / 21st Century, General, United States / General
Publication Year
2015
Genre
History, Political Science

Dimensions

Item Length
5.9in.
Item Height
1.1in.
Item Width
5.1in.
Item Weight
10.4 Oz

Additional Product Features

Number of Volumes
12 Vols.
Edition Description
Unabridged Edition
Reviews
A New York Times Editors' Choice Praise for Objective Troy : "An authoritative, nuanced chronicle of Mr. Awlaki's life and the Obama administration's decision to end it . . . Engagingly detailed . . . A well-sourced, judicious chronicle." -- Steve Coll, The New York Times "A lucid and richly informed account . . . Shane offers a detailed and convincing narrative." -- The New York Times Book Review "Mr. Shane performs a valuable service by stripping away many myths that surround Awlaki." -- Max Boot, The Wall Street Journal "Remarkable . . . A dark and fascinating new book . . . Shane's investigation into what he describes as the president's radicalization is one of the most thorough and level-headed that has been penned to date . . . A crucial read." -- Bookforum "[ Objective Troy ] delves deeply into a single life and still comes up with questions. This is perhaps its greatest service. It is an object lesson in the limits of the search for a root cause." -- The Washington Post "Remarkable . . . Objective Troy is a gripping read." -- Benjamin Wittes, Lawfare "Scott Shane has done a masterful job of fleshing out the missing link in the evolution of Al Qaeda. The life of the American-born imam, Anwar al-Awlaki, serves as a cautionary tale about the conflict between Islam and the West, and about America's role in the Middle East. Years after his assassination by an American drone strike, Awlaki's voice continues to summon young Muslims to the fight." --Lawrence Wright "Scott Shane has written a bracing story about America's most notorious extra-judicial killing, the 2011 drone shot that took out the American-born terrorist preacher Anwar al Alwaki. Here is by far the best reporting on the subject, from Alwaki's gradual evolution into a violent extremist to the Obama administration's internal struggles -- moral and legal -- over how to use the drone, a troubling but undeniably effective new weapon. Thorough and exceedingly fair, chocked with surprising detail, Objective Troy asks all the right questions, and will leave any reader wondering whether the United States, just because it can remotely assassinate terror threats, should." --Mark Bowden "No one has written a better book about Obama's war against terrorists. Shane is a superb reporter and a wonderful story teller. I literally could not out this book down. It will join a short list of books that helps all of us to really understand the wars against terrorist groups that have defined US foreign policy since 9/11." --Peter Bergen "Scott Shane has written a 21st century morality tale about a president steeped in Constitutional law and his hunt for a charismatic American terrorist--who just happens to be a 'skirt-chasing mullah.' But this murder mystery is alarmingly all true. The writing is riveting, the intelligence sources are impeccable and the book is quietly elegant--echoing the human story told in Lawrence Wright's The Looming Towers . Shane's Objective Troy is destined to become a classic text on both the Obama Presidency and drone warfare." --Kai Bird Scott Shane is unsurpassed in shedding clear light on America's darkest secrets, including the gripping human drama behind a drone strike that changed history. It's a story that had to be told, and must be read." --Jane Mayer From the Hardcover edition., Scott Shane has written a bracing story about America's most notorious extra-judicial killing, the 2011 drone shot that took out the American-born terrorist preacher Anwar al Alwaki. Here is by far the best reporting on the subject, from Alwaki's gradual evolution into a violent extremist to the Obama administration's internal struggles -- moral and legal -- over how to use the drone, a troubling but undeniably effective new weapon. Thorough and exceedingly fair, chocked with surprising detail, Objective Troy asks all the right questions, and will leave any reader wondering whether the United States, just because it can remotely assassinate terror threats, should. - Mark Bowden
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
363.325/16
Dewey Edition
23

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