Why We're Losing the War on Terror

Acknowledgements vi

Preface: Lost Cause or Second Chance? vii

Part I Context 1

1 The Political Context 3

2 The US Military Posture 22

3 Oil and the War on Terror 43

Part II Events 63

4 From Kabul to Baghdad 65

5 Baghdad and Beyond 90

Part III Consequences 117

6 Towards the Long War 119

7 Sustainable Security 146

Notes 160

Index 168