Marching toward hell : America and Islam after Iraq / Michael Scheuer.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-346) and index.

Pt. I. Getting to 9/11 -- Ch. 1. Readying bin Laden's Way: America and the Muslim World, 1973-1996 -- Ch. 2. Fighting Islamists with a Blinding Cold War Hangover, 1996-2001 -- Pt. II. Six Years of War, 2001-2007 -- Ch. 3. Afghanistan - A Final Chance to Learn History Applies to America -- Ch. 4. Iraq-America Bled White by History Unlearned -- Ch. 5. And the Islamists' Fire Quietly Spreads -- Pt. III. Where Stands the War? -- Ch. 6. "The bottom is out of the tub": Taking Stock for America in 2008 -- Ch. 7. "O enemy of God, I will give thee no respite": Al-Qaeda and Its Allies Take Stock -- Pt. IV. Where to from Here? -- Ch. 8. A Humble Suggestion - America First -- Epilogue: An Abiding Uniqueness.

"Marching Toward Hell is not just another attack on the Bush administration. Rather, it sounds a critical alarm that must be heard in order to preserve the nation's security. Scheuer outlines the ways that America's foreign policy since the end of the Cold War has undermined the very goals for which we are fighting and played right into bin Laden's hands. The ongoing instability in Iraq, for example, has provided al Qaeda and its allies with the one thing they want most: a safe haven from which to launch operations across borders into countries that were previously difficult for them to reach. With U.S. forces and resources spread thinner every day, the war has depleted our strength and brought al Qaeda a kind of success that it could not have achieved on its own." "A twenty-plus-year CIA veteran, Scheuer headed the agency's Osama bin Laden unit, managed its covert-action operations, and authored its rendition program. Scheuer spent his career developing strategies to keep America safe, by any means deemed necessary by the presidents he served. It was his job to take available intelligence and devise plans to protect Americans, without considering bias, position, or even existing alliances. In Marching Toward Hell, Scheuer takes on the questions of "What went wrong?" and "How can we fix this?" and proposes a plan to cauterize the damage that has already been done and get American strategy back on track. He lists a number of painful recommendations for how we must shift our ideological, military, and political views in order to survive, even if that means disagreeing with Israeli policy or launching more brutal campaigns against terrorists."--BOOK JACKET.