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Daniel Byman is the Director of the Security Studies Program and the Center for Peace and Security Studies at Georgetown University. He is a Senior Fellow at The Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution, and also served on the 9/11 Commission. He writes regularly about terrorism and the Middle East for Slate, Foreign Affairs, the Washington Post, and numerous other publications.

A comprehensive look at the War on Terror and the best way to a safer future

Scholar Daniel Byman offers a new approach to fighting the war on terrorism. He convincingly argues that two of the main solutions to terrorism offered by politicians-military intervention and the democratization of the Arab world-shouldn't even be our top priorities. Instead, he presents a fresh way to face intelligence and law enforcement challenges ahead: conduct counterinsurgency operations, undermine al-Qaeda's ideology, selectively push for reforms, and build key lasting alliances.

Daniel Byman (Washington, DC) directs the Security Studies Program and the Center for Peace and Security Studies at Georgetown University. He is a Senior Fellow at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution and also served on the 9/11 Commission. He regularly writes about terrorism and the Middle East for the Washington Post, Slate, and other publications.

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

Chapter 1. The Faces of the Adversary.

Chapter 2. What is Victory and How Do We Achieve It?

Chapter 3. Tracking Down and Disrupting Terrorists.

Chapter 4. Killing Terrorists.

Chapter 5. Defending the Homeland without Overreacting.

Chapter 6. Fighting Terrorism with Democracy?

Chapter 7. The War of Ideas.

Chapter 8. Diplomacy.

Chapter 9. The Iraq Dilemma.

Notes.

Bibliography.

Index.