Your Government Failed You: Breaking the Cycle of National Security Disasters

by Richard A. Clarke
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Published by: HarperCollins
eBook Publish Date: May 26, 2008
Print ISBN: 0061649414
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Richard Clarke's statement to the 9-11 families that "Your government failed you--and I failed you" was the most dramatic moment in the 9-11 Commission hearings. His #1 bestseller Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror explained how the US had stumbled into a struggle with violent Islamist extremists. Now in Your Government Failed You, Clarke looks at why failures have continued and how America and the world can succeed against the terrorists.

But Clarke goes beyond terrorism to examine the recurring US government disasters. Despite the lessons of Vietnam, we've gotten involved in Iraq. A trail of intelligence failures litter the Washington landscape. From Katrina to color codes and duct tape, homeland security has been an oxymoron. Why does the Superpower continue to hobble national security? Drawing on his thirty years in the White House, Pentagon, State Department and Intelligence Community, Clarke discovers patterns in the failure and suggests ways to stop the cycle.

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Bio of Richard A. Clarke

Richard A. Clarke began his career in the Office of the Secretary of Defense in 1973. He was a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence in the Reagan Administration. The Senate confirmed him as Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs in the George H.W. Bush Administration. He served in the White House for both presidents Bush and for President Clinton, who appointed him as National Coordinator for Security and Counter-Terrorism. He now teaches a Harvard's Kennedy School, consults for ABC News, and is Chairman of Good Harbor Consulting.