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The One Percent Doctrine (Abridged): Deep Inside America's Pursuit of Its Enemies Since 9/11 Audiobook
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2007 Audie Award Finalist for the Judges’ Award: Politics
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author Ron Suskind takes you deep inside America's real battles with violent, unrelenting terrorists—a game of kill-or-be-killed, from the Oval Office to the streets of Karachi.
Ron Suskind takes readers inside the defining conflict of our era: the war between the West and a growing, shadowy army of terrorists, armed with weapons of alarming power.
Relying on unique access to former and current government officials, this book will reveal for the first time how the US government—from President Bush on down—is frantically improvising to fight a new kind of war. Where is the enemy? What have been the real victories and defeats since 9/11? How are we actually fighting this war and how can it possibly be won?
Filled with astonishing disclosures, Suskind's book shows readers what he calls "the invisible battlefield"— a global matrix where US spies race to catch soldiers of jihad before they strike. It is a real-life spy thriller with the world's future at stake. It also reveals the shocking and secret philosophy underpinning the war on terror. Gripping and alarming in equal measure, it will reframe the debate about a war that, each day, redefines America and its place in the world.
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"This may be my last war/9/11/Bush/Cheney book for a while. I'm starting to feel like a masochist. This book has all the gory details of Cheney's nefariousness, his determination to invade Iraq regardless of the fact that we knew Hussein did not have WMD, his determination to tell the world he did anyway, his elevation of action without reason or evidence to support it to policy, his insistence on corrupting the CIA and FBI and national security council to his ends, again regardless of fact etc. etc. And that's not even to mention how truly defenseless he knew the country to be against any real threat of terrorism -- either from loose nukes, or easily planted chemical weapons, or whatever. Enough."
— Jglhome (4 out of 5 stars)
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" A good inside look at the initial response to the 9/11 attacks and America's evolving effort to fight terrorism. Reveals frighteningly clearly why the Bush Adm., with Cheney as the puppetmaster, dragged us into the morasse we're in. "
— Rob, 2/8/2014 -
" Great book with deeply disappointing content. It's one thing to ignore data in the course of making decisions. It's even worse to shed data that diminishes your view. I get how people were scared, how a one percent probability of an existential threat is "hard math" but this is beyond the pale. "
— Craig, 1/28/2014 -
" Lots of inside information, but kind of boring if you are not really into intellegence issues and iformation gathering. "
— Rachel, 1/21/2014 -
" Terrific sources take you inside the Bush Whitehouse and the intelligence community to our reactions and over-reactions to 911. Scary in the excesses and failures detailed. "
— B, 1/19/2014 -
" The best clear explanation for why we're in the mess we are in. Tells the story clearly with a feeling of sympathy for decision makers with out absolving them of responsibility. "
— Leslie, 1/19/2014 -
" Helpful book to understand the radical foreign policy changes after 9/11 and particularly the "Cheney Doctrine" where even a 1% threat must be treated as a certainty. "
— David, 1/16/2014 -
" I have a better understandiing of how we got into the WMD mess. "
— Robin, 1/14/2014 -
" Illustrates Cheney's Dr. Strangelovian lunacy at its best. Details the deconstruction of the Constitution utilizing the Orwellian fear methodology. Key reading for those who want to know WTF happened 2000-2008. For those who don't, "go shopping." "
— Hugh, 1/12/2014 -
" Very interesting look inside the CIA after 9/11 and how things changed. Kind of slow for me towards the middle, but pretty interesting nonetheless. "
— Lara, 1/3/2014 -
" This book was great. Well-written and informative. Not unduly biased despite the topic. "
— Hawkgrrrl, 11/24/2013 -
" A must read for all interested in eliminating the terrorist threat. Dick Cheney would agree. Read the book and stop guessing. "
— Miguel, 11/16/2013 -
" Most likely to be required reading in collegiate Civics classes twenty years from now. "
— Sam, 11/9/2013 -
" Because I trust Suskind, and I want to scare the shit out of myself. "
— Taylor, 10/23/2013 -
" The world sure is a messy place... "
— Jarrod, 7/5/2013 -
" Started this one, couldn't finish it. Just not that interesting a read. "
— Ryan, 6/26/2013 -
" This book shed a lot of light on the decision-making process of the Bush administration where it pertains to the "war on terror". The terrorists have succeeded of course. You have greater odds of dying of an allergic reaction to aspirin, but everyone is so afraid of being killed by a terrorist. "
— Greg, 6/18/2013 -
" Scary what Dick Cheney was able to do. "
— Mike, 5/31/2013 -
" An interesting, and somewhat disturbing view of how the zeal to keep America safe of Dick Cheney, and several other White House officials during the Bush Administration, led them to abandon many basic principals of morality, ethics, and common sense. "
— Mike, 1/5/2013 -
" I can't stand this "Docurama" writing style. "
— Stephen, 12/23/2012 -
" This book is simply brilliant. One of the best accounts of the Bush administration's policies in the war on terror that I have read. "
— Stephanie, 10/27/2012 -
" Good book on telling you the background issues and history to GWOT. Also it talks about Chenny's 1% doctrine and his control over the Whitehouse. I highly suggest this, to those who want to look at all facets in this period of american history. "
— Laura, 12/13/2011 -
" Great book about the inner workings of the Bush Administrations war on terrorism! "
— Jim, 8/14/2011 -
" this book really suprized me by not being a hack job against buch and cheney, treats them both w/respect while dissagreeing w/them. <br/> <br/>Edward Herrmann is like James Earl Jones in that you Listen to every word. powerful, authoritative voice. "
— Jim, 5/24/2011 -
" Because I trust Suskind, and I want to scare the shit out of myself. "
— Taylor, 1/5/2011 -
" A good inside look at the initial response to the 9/11 attacks and America's evolving effort to fight terrorism. Reveals frighteningly clearly why the Bush Adm., with Cheney as the puppetmaster, dragged us into the morasse we're in. "
— Rob, 6/6/2010 -
" A must read for all interested in eliminating the terrorist threat. Dick Cheney would agree. Read the book and stop guessing. "
— Miguel, 1/11/2010 -
" Scary what Dick Cheney was able to do. "
— Mike, 7/2/2009
About Ron Suskind
Ron Suskind is the author of The Way of the World, The One Percent Doctrine, The Price of Loyalty, and A Hope in the Unseen. From 1993 to 2000 he was the senior national affairs writer for The Wall Street Journal, where he won a Pulitzer Prize. He lives in Washington, D.C.
About Edward Herrmann
Edward Herrmann (1943–2014) was one of America’s top audiobook narrators. He won multiple Audie Awards and twenty-two Earphones Awards, and his narration of the King James version of the Bible remains a benchmark in the industry.