{"product_id":"9781612345345","title":"102 Days of War: How Osama bin Laden, al Qaeda \u0026 the Taliban Survived 2001","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlmost ten years before Osama bin Laden was killed, the United States had the    \u003cbr\u003eopportunity of a decade to decapitate the organization that so ruthlessly enacted the    \u003cbr\u003edeadliest foreign attack on American soil in the nationų history. Battles raged across    \u003cbr\u003eAfghanistan in the 102 days following September 11, from Mazar-i-Sharif to Kabul to Tora    \u003cbr\u003eBora. Yet bin Laden escaped while al Qaeda and the Taliban endured the initial onslaught.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003e102 Days of War\u003c\/i\u003e, Yaniv Barzilai takes the reader from meetings in the White House to the    \u003cbr\u003emost sensitive operations in Afghanistan to explain how Americaų enemies survived 2001.    \u003cbr\u003eUsing a broad array of sources, including interviews with top-level U.S. officials at every level    \u003cbr\u003eof the war effort, Barzilai concludes that the failure to kill bin Laden and destroy al Qaeda at    \u003cbr\u003ethe Battle of Tora Bora was not only the result of a failure in tactics but, more importantly,    \u003cbr\u003ethe product of failures in policy and leadership.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e102 Days of War\u003c\/i\u003e provides novel information and a new level of understanding about the    \u003cbr\u003eopening campaign of the U.S. war in Afghanistan. Informed citizens and military historians    \u003cbr\u003ealike will find compelling this vivid and relevant narrative.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Potomac Books Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47130081132784,"sku":"9781612345345","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781612345345_p0.jpg?v=1763845090","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781612345345","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}