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Written by Gary BerntsenAuthor Alerts: Random House will alert you to new works by Gary Berntsen and Ralph PezzulloAuthor Alerts: Random House will alert you to new works by Ralph Pezzullo

  • Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
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  • Publisher: Broadway
  • On Sale: October 24, 2006
  • Price: $15.00
  • ISBN: 978-0-307-35106-7 (0-307-35106-8)
about this book

Gary Berntsen, the CIA’s key commander coordinating the fight against the Taliban forces around Kabul, comes out from under cover for the first time to describe his no-holds-barred pursuit—and cornering—of Osama bin Laden, and the reason the terrorist leader escaped American retribution. As disturbingly eye-opening as it is adrenaline-charged, Jawbreaker races from CIA war rooms to diplomatic offices to mountaintop redoubts to paint a vivid portrait of a new kind of warfare, showing what can and should be done to deal a death blow to freedom’s enemies.

“The hunt for Osama bin Laden is the story of courageous CIA officers, like Gary Berntsen, repeatedly finding him and U.S. political and military leaders refusing to kill him. Jawbreaker—which CIA leaders tried to suppress to protect America's bipartisan political elite and its military sycophants—precisely describes the eleventh such opportunity since 1998, and again shows that uniformed bureaucrats masquerading as U.S. generals let bin Laden escape.” —Michael Scheuer, author of Imperial Hubris and Through Our Enemies’ Eyes

“Jawbreaker is a real page turner . . . Berntsen was the CIA’s ‘go to guy’ when it came to leading in Afghanistan, owing to his exceptional operational and leadership skills in situations involving the threat of immediate danger. Berntsen is brave and bold and a true American hero.” —Cofer Black, former Chief of the Central Intelligence Agency's Counterterrorism Center

Contents:
The attack--August 7, 1998 -- The declaration -- Deployments -- CTC/ -- Negotiations -- Panshir Valley -- Shomali Plains -- Mazar-e Sharif -- Amir -- The fall of Kabul -- Kabul -- Team Juliet -- Bilal -- General Tommy Franks -- Qala-i Jangi fortress -- Tora Bora -- The Battle of Milawa -- Adam Khan -- Hamid Karzai -- Escape.